a) Project management is the responsibility of the implementing agent, the provincial departments of Public Works or the service agent that the provincial departments of Health appointed in this role. The Department of Health nevertheless has to play an oversight role to ensure that the implementing agent is fulfilling its role as agreed and that the end product will serve its needs. To ensure effective service delivery, infrastructure needs to be completed on the planned target date. The projects selected for detailed auditing were, for the most part, either completed late or still being constructed although the contractual completion dates had passed. Where possible, the planned completion dates were compared to the actual completion dates of the projects or the progress at the time when the projects were audited.