5.16 Ward Committees and Vuka Uyibambe Youth Development Forum: Public participation was a major shortcoming of the Municipality. Commonality on the issues raised pertained to decisions taken without the involvement of the community; lack of transparency in issues of engagement with the community; Councillors not reporting or doing their constituency role; lack of black representation in the Mayoral Advisory Forum. The major concerns raised by the representatives of ward committees related to the absence or no provision of Community Development Workers in Ward 2; non-functioning of municipal standing committee to discuss community mandates emanating from public participation; non implementation of Council resolutions, and lack of resource such as transport and telephone allowances; and slow response- rate from the technical services on service delivery complaints.