6.3 Municipal Council: The submissions made by the Speaker and Mayor indicated and reflected that the Municipality welcomed and acknowledged the intervention in its affairs by the PEC of the Mpumalanga Province. Some of the transformation and organisational developmental challenges highlighted lack of human resource capacity; challenges on the recruitment of skilled personnel to enhance service delivery; high vacancy rate in key positions and lack of labour retention strategy. Some of the internal developments since the deployment of staff from Provincial Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs highlighted, included the auditing of all existing municipal policies and evaluation of their relevance. This process entailed the development of new rules of order, registry of delegation and legal compliance. The Municipal Council reported to the Committee that the intervention process has synergised communication linkages between the community and the Municipal Council.