One of the Executive Committee Members indicated that some of the Municipal Councillors were in support of the intervention issued in terms of Section 139. He acknowledged that the deployment of the Acting Municipal Manager had assisted the Ditsobotla Local Municipality to perform its functions. Some of the concerns raised by the Executive Committee Member in support of the intervention included vacant position of the Chief Financial Officer, lack of logistical, administrative and secretarial support to the Municipal Council, involvement of officials in politics and lack of professional service generally from the officials.