The community voiced their frustration at having government officials coming to them to make promises and then disappear without ever resolving the problem. Many people who have been at Ncera in the last 10 years included parliamentary committees, the former MEC of the EC provincial Department of Agriculture, who is now the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Mr Nkwinti, who whilst MEC in the province, told them that the matter was for the National Department and the former Minister of the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs, Ms Xingwana. The community said they had asked the then Minister, Ms Xingwana, for a forensic audit to be done on the Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd to ascertain how much money was, and is being spent by government on the farm while the local community is not benefitting. They noted that they are yet to see the audit if it was ever done and have no confidence in Mr Hawes who is the 'caretaker' of Ncera (Pty) Ltd.