On 25 February 2012, both the national and the provincial Departments of Human Settlements attended the meeting. The national department was led by Mr N Chainee, the provincial department was led by the MEC for Human Settlements and Safety, Ms August-Sauls, the NMBM was led by the Deputy Mayor, the Acting Municipal Manager, Mr Hani, Chairperson of the Standing Committee Human Settlements, Cllr F Desi, Chief of Operations, and Mr K Naicker, Chief Financial Officer.