. During 2005, the budgeted cost for the construction of the Zola Hospital Complex in Gauteng increased to R624,4 million (144%) from the initial estimated cost of R255,7 million due to, inter alia, changes and additions to the scope of work. This included a complete revision of the scope of work as the project changed from a 250 to a 300-bed district hospital in 2005, which resulted in the preparation of a new project implementation plan. Although the project should have been completed during November 2007, according to Revision 1 of the project implementation plan dated 10 March 2005, the expected completion date was moved to February 2011 and according to recent information obtained it was postponed to December 2011.