The Municipal Councillors indicated that some of the administrative problems that impacted on the smooth functioning of the municipality related to the purchasing of vehicles without Council approval, non implementation of council resolutions, lack of trained staff in finance department, consultant's failure to design and implement municipal systems, poor quality of contractors in key development projects and the failure of the administration to comply with existing legislations. In support of the intervention, the Municipal Councillors indicated that significant progress in terms of the development of an IDP and Budgeting had been made since the appointment of the Administrator and that a plan has also been made for the appointment of Section 57 Managers.