Hon Speaker, I thank the hon President for his comprehensive reply. The assessment of the level of discussion at that local government indaba - I'm mentioning it, President, because you've also included it in your reply - was designed to find the root causes of the current state of distress in many of the country's municipalities, to inform a national turnaround strategy.
One of the fundamental findings - I agree with you - was weak oversight supervision, which led to a backlog in service delivery, lack of support and intervention mechanisms across the three spheres of government. Since the meeting and the indaba over the two days in question, what has been done as a short-term solution?
You mentioned the fact that the Minister will carry out monitoring, and we want you, Mr President, to expand on what the Minister will be doing to monitor and assist those municipalities. As a long-term solution, what will be done to address this distress? Thank you.