The Committee, together with the Office of the Auditor-General (Auditor- General), met with the Executive Mayor, the Municipal Manager and Members of the Audit Steering Committee of the Makhado Local Municipality (MLM). The reasons behind the visit to the MLM were given by the Committee. The Auditor-General briefed the meeting on some of the reasons behind the negative audit opinions received by the municipality. Among others, the reasons included the failure to provide documentation to support the determination of value of assets; and poor maintenance of asset register. The AG made positive proposals and actions that would assist the municipality towards a clean audit opinion outcome.