. The Committee recommended that sector departments (namely National Treasury, Provincial Treasury, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Department of Water and Environmental Affairs and the City of Tshwane), should meet to assist the MLM on the financing of a debt amounting to R84 million for water supplied by the City of Tshwane; . A need was identified that all municipal managers should be trained by the Association of Public Accounts Committees on their roles and responsibilities; and . The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs should assist MLM by providing services of environmental assessment expected at this municipality.