What (a) is the role of her department in situations where local governments are unable to provide basic services like water and sanitation, as is the case in the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality that is unable to provide the services to the increasing number of persons occupying land in the Khoisan settlement of Knoflokskraal on land that is earmarked for forestry plantations and not human settlement and (b) plans does her department have in place to cooperate with other governmental departments who own the land of traditional settlements but fail to provide essential municipal services?