8. Presentation by the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs 8.1 The MEC indicated that the report of the Auditor-General reflected major problems in finances of the Municipality, in which the Municipal Council has condoned irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure. This was evident from the Auditor-General's report on the 2008/09 financial year. The Municipal Council has dismally failed to exercise an oversight role over the municipality's administration. Despite several interventions by the Provincial Department, it has gone from one disaster to another.