3.8.6 Overall, the Committee is not impressed with the service of municipalities visited in Mpumalanga. With respect to questions of Members that representatives from municipalities could not answer, Members requested that NLM forward responses to un-answered questions in writing to the Committee's Secretariat. The Committee is of the view that the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) should play a leading role when all relevant departments and stakeholder are assisting municipalities; starting with the struggling ones.