The budget adjustments propose a shift of R2.3 million from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) to the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. This shift was necessitated by the transfer of the rural development programme from CoGTA to the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, in line with the reconfigured government structure. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) indicated that the lack of spending in MIG was due to 33 municipalities that could not spend their allocations. CoGTA indicated its intention to withhold funds and request National Treasury to redirect them to spending municipalities. It is determined that of the 33 municipalities that did not appropriately spend on the MIG, three were affected by the recent service delivery protests. These were the Mbombela Local Municipality, Nala Local Municipality and the City of Johannesburg.