The municipality reported that with regard to electricity infrastructure, an investigation by Ingplan Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd revealed that the substations, MV and LV distribution networks are at a critical level. Repair and maintenance work to the substations and network should be done as a matter of urgency to minimise the losses in the system and outage time. The municipality reported that with regard to water infrastructure, the water supply network consists of 21 boreholes, of which16 boreholes are operational and in good condition. It was reported that they were in the process of replacing stolen cable & motors in other boreholes. The municipality further reported that there was a contractor on site for backlog maintenance of water treatment works and the anticipated completion time was the end December 2011. The municipality reported that with regard to sanitation infrastructure, they had just recently upgraded two sewer pump stations and that the 3 megalitre sewer plant was operational and being upgraded to 9 megalitre.