. Development and implementation of municipal budgets; . Municipalities' compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act, No. 56 of 2003; . The spending and performance of municipalities with regard to conditional grants; . The municipalities' relations and collaboration with various national and provincial departments and entities; . Capacity constraints of the municipalities (if any); . The extent to which municipal services are provided; and . The alignment of municipalities' Integrated Development Programmes with the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy.