The delegation was welcomed by the MEC for Human Settlements and Public Liaison, Mr PDN Maloyi. The MEC assured the delegation that even though there were delivery protests spread all over the province the delegation was safe and secured. He also informed the delegation that he was only seven weeks in his new deployment. The Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Human Settlements was also seven days in the office. He informed the delegation that the department was faced with various challenges of service delivery protests. The department undertook to have a clean audit by 2014.