1.3 Purpose of the Visit The purpose of the oversight visit was to engage with the above-mentioned municipalities along with national and provincial departments on the following areas: . Development and implementation of municipal budgets; . Municipalities' compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act, Number 56 of 2003; . The spending and performance of the municipalities with regards to conditional grants; . The municipalities' relations and collaboration with various national and provincial departments and entities; . Capacity constraints of the municipalities (if any); . The extent to which municipal services are provided; and . The alignment of municipalities' Integrated Development Programmes with the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy.