With regard to enhancement of service delivery, the Committee welcomed the various mechanisms put in place to create capacity within the Department, especially the training programmes and recruitment of personnel, with scarce skills such as geomatics and surveys. The Department has further made a commitment to continue working towards a clean audit report by the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa. The Committee requested quarterly briefs on progress in implementation of these plans. 4.1.2 Roll out of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme to rural municipalities