3. Capacitating the Office of the Chief Justice. The Committee welcomes the appointment of a Secretary-General to head the OCJ and appreciates her appearance before the Committee so soon after taking up the position to present the OCJ's strategic plan and budget for 2013/14. The Committee was told that OCJ has 224 filled posts with 99 vacancies. Only six of these are funded, which is proving to be a challenge. At SMS level, filling the vacant posts of Chief Financial Officer and Director: Internal Audit is regarded as critical and headhunting is now in progress. The Committee this and requests that it be kept informed of progress, as well of any challenges that the OCJ encounters.