It was also stated that the rectification programme was the competency of the national department. The provincial department reported that conventional housing delivery method was used in most of the projects in the province. However, there were approximately 176 beneficiaries identified, who benefit from the use of innovative technology system. The contractor was already appointed and occupied site. It was reported that the establishment of the Housing Needs Register was underway. The system would be linked to the national department database and will in future inter-phase with the Department of Home Affairs. It would be allocated at municipalities with the server at the provincial department. The provincial department stated that sanitation was a new mandate that was implemented by national department. The bucket system had been eradicated in most areas of the province. Nonetheless, the system was still being used in the informal settlements of Klerksdorp and the community of Popo Molefe Informal Settlement (in Madibeng Municipality) was compelled to use open defecation or share temporary toilets that were allocated. However, those temporary toilets were not emptied constantly. An undertaking was made by the national department to supply the Committee with a detailed report on the Rural Housing Infrastructure Programme. The delegation was disappointment to learn that the national department had assigned R57 million for 2012/13 financial year for the provision of sanitation in North West province, but failed to utilise such funds in the first quarter of the financial year. The national department was requested to provide a detailed report to the Committee on the state of sanitation in the province, including the expenditure plans of the R57 million allocated to address sanitation challenges in the province. The provincial department had committed itself to provide Jojo tanks in all new generation houses for water harvesting that can also be use for irrigation purposes (food security gardens).