Corporate Affairs promotes effective governance through:

• Delivering services.
• Empowering staff through developmental initiatives.
• Benchmarking the standards of support and reviewing this on a regular basis.
• Promoting empowerment through the principle of efficiency and effectiveness in policy directives and delegations.
• Promoting ethical conduct throughout the department.
• Preventing unauthorised, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

Corporate Affairs is also responsible for the following functions in the Department of Transport and Public Works:

• Human Resources Management
• Labour Relations
• Financial Management
• Procurement.