The province did not have any blocked projects. It was, however, faced with the challenge of some projects failing to produce a closing report and other projects that lacked resources. In dealing with the issuing of title deeds, the Department had appointed Servcon to verify beneficiaries who did not have title deeds and assist them in applying for title deeds. In Soweto, approximately 2 600 title deeds were transferred to the beneficiaries of the old stock houses. Gauteng province did not have any backlogs as far as sanitation was concerned. The department had eradicated the bucket system in all informal settlements.