7.16 Municipal Council: There is a serious challenge of collecting revenue due to the Municipality. Government institutions owing the Municipality a lot of money that could have been used for service delivery. The Provincial Government departments owe the Municipality around R190 million. Parliament should assist the Municipality in recouping all the money owed to it by the state departments. Equally, there are serious capacity challenges in the Finance Directorate, and this has led the Municipality to receive disclaimers in four consecutive years.