3. Presentation on 2007/08 Eastern Cape Municipality Performance Report . . 3.1 The MEC for Local Government and Housing, Hon S Gqobana, presented the Eastern Cape 2007/08 Municipalities' Performance Report to the Committee. In his political overview, the MEC indicated that the report had been compiled in terms of section 47 of the Local Government Municipal System and was largely based on annual performance reports of individual municipalities. In terms of the report, of the 45 municipalities in the Province, 44 (98%) have compiled and submitted their reports to the Department. The only exception was the Mbizana Local Municipality. This represented an improvement of 9% compared to the 2006/07 financial year, when only 40 municipalities (88,8%) submitted their section 46 reports to the Department.