2.2.1 The South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA) reported that it had identified poor-performing municipalities in Mpumalanga and developed a programme to assist these municipalities in addressing some of the challenges raised by the Auditor General. SALGA claimed that this intervention had already started with municipalities in Bushbuckridge. They also reported that the Provincial Executive Committee of SALGA had resolved that municipalities must have their own audit committees dedicated to their functions. SALGA argued that district municipalities should help local municipalities in this regard as it was one of their core functions as district municipalities. Furthermore, SALGA reported that they were in discussion with National Treasury to send interns to municipalities that were experiencing challenges in terms of financial management and related matters.