Ventersdorp Local Municipality (VLM) is currently under administration in terms of Section 139 of the Municipal Finance Management Act No. 56 of 2003. It reported that an electricity substation that had not been functioning for the past two years was a problem. Assistance was sought from ESKOM but nothing came of it. It was reported that the service provider who could not finish a project had now taken the municipality to court, suing it for R2 million. It was further reported that they did not have a single electrician at the municipality but had advertised for the post.