Fourthly, develop professional and effective project management capacity at local government level. Millions of taxpayer rands remained unspent due to failed or nonexistent project management capacity at the local level.
Fifthly, monitor performance and plan section 139 interventions timeously. Both the national and provincial government has a constitutional duty to ensure effective local government through a number of instruments provided for in section 139 of the Constitution. Unfortunately, such interventions are rarely used. Is it because the other spheres of government also lack management capacity, or is it out of fear of powerful provincial and local branch comrades running local councils, particularly in the run-up to Mangaung? [Interjections.]
HON MEMBERS: Yes!