- Lack of inadequate technical capacity in the programme management unit (PMU) at local government level. - Poor quality of data reported by both municipalities and provincial departments. - Under reporting on EPWP II projects. - Inadequate data capturing capacity. - Municipal protocol agreements were not signed by municipalities following the agreement that was taken at the first EPWP summit in Durban 2010. - Visibility of EPWP projects needed to be improved.