The Executive Mayor further reported that the eradication of the bucket system and the provision of bulk infrastructure was still a challenge. An amount of R2.6 million was allocated for the eradication of the bucket system. The Executive Mayor told the delegation that for the past three years (2009 - 2011), the municipality had not received a clean audit report from the Auditor-General. The municipality received support from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) as well as from National Treasury. The delegation was further told that the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (R25 million) was not sufficient to address the service delivery backlog in the Makana Municipality. The municipality required at least R75 million to address the backlog. The Municipal Manager reported that an amount of R50 million was requested from the Development Bank of Southern Africa for the provision of bulk infrastructure. The municipality also faced challenges around the lack of human resource capacity.