The Department of Social Development made a good attempt to meet its targets for the 2011/12 financial year and received an unqualified audit opinion from the AG. However, matters of emphasis and recommendations made by the AG need to be urgently implemented and progress reported to the Committee. Nevertheless, the Committee acknowledges some of the corrective measures that the department reported to the Committee that it had already initiated, such as developing a checklist to verify information provided by bidders and service providers. It is therefore the interest of the Committee to be provided with the report back on the implementation of all the recommendations made by the AG.