In order to avoid delaying progress by waiting for the legal process with the service provider to be completed, an alternative strategy had been devised to complete the asset verification process. The department had approached the provincial local government department for permission to make use of community development workers and ward committees. The department was in the process of designing a module for a one day workshop to train them and enable them to assist with the verification of the properties within their wards. The ward lists will be compared with the current asset register and properties not reflected accurately could be surveyed and valuated. The department had set itself the target of completing this process by the end of the 2011/12 financial year.