5.3 Municipal Council: The submissions made by the Speaker and Mayor indicated that the Municipality initiated the process of the intervention in its affairs by the PEC of the Eastern Cape. Some of the intervention progress highlighted, included the appointment Mr. Louis Scheepers by the MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs as an Administrator to assume responsibilities related to financial management, corporate services, infrastructure development and disaster management and public participation. Some of the internal developments since the deployment of staff from Provincial Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs highlighted in the report, included the auditing of all existing municipal policies and evaluation of their relevance. This process entails the development of new rules of order, registry of delegation and legal compliance.