Whether, with reference to the Auditor-General’s 2020/2021 report which stipulates that 84% of municipalities in the Republic failed to pay their creditors within the mandated 30-day period, her department has conducted a detailed quantitative and qualitative assessment of the resultant socio-economic ramifications, specifically the adverse impact on job losses and business viability for small companies, sole proprietors and cooperatives; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) assessment and (b) strategic measures under consideration to rectify this systemic issue?