6.4 The Municipality was struggling to raise enough funds to pay for their operational costs. According to the MEC, the Municipality was unable to pay employees salaries and allowances of Councillors. The Municipality was not doing much to educate and enforce payment of service by the public, The Municipal MFMA and the Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 have been introduced to provide generally the municipalities and specifically, Alfred Nzo District Municipality with guidelines for effective system to maximise the revenue potential and the effective and transparent management of their finances. The Delegation is of the opinion that sufficient and effective management of available funding at a municipal level is essential to ensuring delivery on key developmental projects and plans. Financial viability is the key indicator towards sustainable service delivery in the medium to longer term.