. The Services SETA was placed under administration for the first time on 21 April 2011. The initial period of administration was characterised by court battles, executives and senior managers resigning and the SETA programmes not being implemented during this period. The court battles were settled in July 2011 and the period of the administrator was extended to 07 July 2012. The Sector Skills Plans (SSPs) of the SETA were of poor quality and the administrator revised them to respond to the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS III) goals. The budget and strategic plan of the SETA had not yet been approved by the Minister two months into the financial year.