(1) (a) How many municipalities (i) in each province and (ii) countrywide are (aa) assisted or (bb) managed by (aaa) provincial and/or (bbb) national government and (b) in each case, (i) which municipalities, (ii) since what date and (iii) in respect of which government programme; (2) what does the total cost of managing these municipalities amount to in respect of each specified (a) municipality and (b) province for (i) each year and (ii) the total period since the management of the municipality has been assisted or was taken over; (3) (a) what were the reasons for the (i) assistance to and (ii) takeover of the management each specified municipality, (b) why has the management of each specified municipality not yet been returned to the municipal authorities and (c) what steps on national and provincial level has the Government taken in order to ensure the return of the management of these municipalities to the municipal authorities?