BACKGROUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORT TO BE WRITTEN You work for the local government, under the Unit for Educational Advancement. Your unit was recently audited and, even though you were given an excellent report, there were concerns over a surplus of 20million rand, which was carried over from the previous financial year. You havebeen informed that this amount will be returned to the provincial coffers should it not be spent in the stipulated six months. There have been suggestions from staff on how this money can be used. The Director for Educational Advancement Programmes, Dr Yandoo, has commissioned you to investigate various ways in which the 20million can be spent within the parameters of educational advancement.

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