At the meeting oral submissions were mainly made by Cllr. Mabaso (IFP) supported by Cllr. Vundla, on the one hand, while Cllr. Msibi supported by Cllrs. Nene and Ntshangase, made the main submission. Cllr. Stannard (DA) also made a submission. The Cllrs. were divided along party political lines in terms of how they saw the intervention.