Hon Speaker, thank you for the reply from hon Minister. Minister, the ANC appreciates the efforts done thus far and we also appreciate that you ensured that there is capacity. However, we would love to know whether the monitoring instrument is in place or is it going to be developed regarding the Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, that has been signed between you and the department and the recovery plan. I thank you, Speaker.
The MINISTER OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS: Firstly, the monitoring instrument is part of the protocol. We receive monthly reports from the MEC. We send our team to go into all of these municipalities to deal with issues so that by the time we get the reports, we are able to align the challenges as seen by the provincial and the national Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and as well as Treasury. All of these actually are subjected to the interministerial committee, an interministerial task team, which is led by Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, where all the monitoring of the intervention is done. We do