. Minutes of 36 meetings compiled during the construction of new wards at the Standerton Hospital in Mpumalanga were submitted for auditing. An analysis of these minutes showed that officials from the provincial Department of Public Works did not attend 25% of the site meetings held for the project while officials representing the provincial Department of Health did not attend 78% of these meetings. Although the planned completion date for the project was June 2007, the project was still in progress during 2009. According to the provincial Department of Health, their poor attendance at the site meetings was due to a lack of capacity. This delayed the actions or responses of responsible officials when problems were experienced.