7.2 The National Department of Health was experiencing challenges in ensuring that provinces aligned their spending with the priorities set at national level. This led to a disjuncture between national and provincial priorities expressed through budget allocation; 7.3 The O.R. Tambo District Municipality was incorrectly allocated water and sanitation funds for the Mbizana and Ntabankulu local municipalities. Funding for these municipalities should have been allocated to the Alfred Nzo District Municipality. In addition, the MIG allocations for the Matatiele and Umzimvubu Local Municipalities were swopped around; and