Thank you, Deputy Speaker, hon Deputy President, in your initial response, you speak as though it is the first time we have local government in this country. That is where the problem is because you may be misdiagnosing the problem. The issue is not that systems are not there; the law and the systems are there, it is a matter of a lack of enforcement of existing laws and absence of consequent management where looting and corruption has taken place.
I think it is important that we drill into that because we have over relied on the Auditor-General and have not listened to what the Auditor-General has said. You have 14 municipalities that have received disclaimed or adverse findings without any intervention.
Deputy President, therefore, the fundamental question then becomes: Having built on section 139, which is supposed to respond to shortcomings and failures in municipalities, but we have seen it being used as a political tool as opposed to being one that deals with administrative problems, what plans does government have in place to make sure that we standardise and regularise the implementation of section 139 ... [Inaudible.] ... [Time expired.]