social cohesion in the province. Having done a proper assessment on the work of the IMTT and the engagement with the stakeholders and oversite visits in respect of the intervention by the national executive in the North West province, the ad-hoc committee recommends the following:

- • that great progress has been registered by IMTT in the intervention such as the audit report improvement,the

capacity building for service delivery, the filling of key management positions, investment infrastructure and improved systems;

- • that the interventions in terms of section 100 of the Constitution in North West should continue until the national executive undertake a review process.
- • that the IMTT should continue to closely monitor the implementation of directives to ensure achievement of outstanding priorities in the section 100 bdepartments;

- • that the challenges in the Department of Human Settlements be addressed urgently;
- • that the national executive must monitor the performance of the North West and to institute early warning information systems to detect problems before they escalate to deeper crisis;
- • that the Departments are fully capacitated at senior levels with qualified and experienced personnel and that skills transfer must happen so that administration leaves a stable senior management leadership in place,
- • that the Department of Public Works attends to the accommodation needs of departments, especially of social development. Alternatively, the IMTT should look into dissolution of function of property managementfrom

public works back to other departments as a long term solution to the current problem;

- • that the Minister of Transport together with the MEC of transport management in the province should urgently resolve the issues around inability to promptly respond to the transport needs of the Department ofHealth

including the procurement and maintenance of the EMS fleet;

- • that the law enforcement agency address issues of capacity, integrity and allegations of corruptions in their own ranks. Where it is alleged that some criminal cases are not fully investigated or are being withdrawn without valid reasons and whistle blowers and witnesses

not being protected;

- • that progress in all criminal cases be opened with the Hawks and SIU be urgently considered by the NPA but particularly those that are subject to section 100 Intervention and that as such they must quarterlyreport

to the NCOP for close monitoring;

- • that all the role players engage one another in good faith and work together in a common view of restoring good governance and accountability culture in the North West;
- • that proper sustainable internal control measures, fraud prevention systems, monitoring and evaluation, audits and independent audit committees be put in place;
- • that consequence management be enforced in all incidents of unauthorised, irregular and fruitless expenditure with possible abuse in the system of SCM be kept in order to avoid corruption, fraud and improper conduct;
- • that proper planning in all infrastructure projects especially those implemented by the Department of Public Works and Roads be made to ensure deviations are kept at minimum level to avoid cost escalations;
- • that any outstanding or pending disciplinary cases of officials alleged to have been involved in the financial misconduct and maladministration be expedited;
- • that adequate resources be allocated to the Department of Education to address the much needed social infrastructure maintenance backlogs and security issues in the schools;
- • that adequate resources are allocated by the Department of Health to address the much