(1) Whether her department has any (a) necessary financial controls and (b) policies in place to ensure the timely payment of creditors; if not, why not; if so, (i) what is the normal turnaround time for the payments of creditors and (ii) what measures are in place to ensure that guidelines are stringently followed; (2) what are the reasons for the nine months late payment to service providers for the Solar Conference that was held in Upington in 2010?