The unspent amounts (above) add up to R35.1 million, leaving an unspent amount of R1.1 million that was not accounted for. The Department claimed that this was a miniscule amount considering that the circumstances mentioned above, worth R35 million, were beyond their control. This is true as it is far less than R27 million that was not accounted for in the 2010/11 financial year. However, for a Department that could not fully achieve 80 per cent of its targets where in some cases lack of funds were cited as a reason, any unspent and unaccounted for funds means a lot. In addition, the circumstances that resulted in under spending, which the Department claims were beyond its control, could have been prevented with proper planning, monitoring and evaluation; as well as by ensuring that activities are initiated from the very first quarter instead of the last two quarters of the financial year.