3.5.1 Mkhondo Local Municipality (MLM) reported that Mpumalanga provincial executive intervened in the management of MLM in terms of section 139 (1b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996. Currently, MLM is under the management of the administrator. This intervention was as a result of allegations of fraud, corruption and maladministration. These allegations had led to unrests within the municipality. Consequently, both the municipal manager and the chief financial officer were placed under special leave. MLM informed the Committee that an investigation report would be completed in the near term and a copy of that report would be made available to the Committee.