7.6 MEC for Provincial Treasury: The MEC, Ms Mabe, described the circumstances that led to the decision of intervening in the Municipality and how she was the subject of attacks by the Municipal Council. According to her, they felt that the MEC was unfair, based on the reasons identified for the intervention. As a result, the majority party did not accept the intervention, but promised to support the Administrator, while the opposition welcomed the intervention. The MEC is of the opinion that an audit of skills needs to be done to verify skills capacity in the Municipality.