Wat egter kommerwekkend is, is dat daar in talle van hierdie munisipaliteite steeds vakatures in die senior bestuur en op professionele vlak is of ontstaan het. In September verlede jaar het 27% van alle munisipaliteite byvoorbeeld nie munisipale bestuurders gehad nie, was meer as 50% van die senior bestuursposte in die Noordwes vakant en het slegs 1% van alle senior bestuurders in Mpumalanga sleutelprestasieooreenkomste gesluit.
What is of concern, though, is that in many of these municipalities, many vacancies remain or have emerged in senior management and the professions. For instance, in September last year, 27% of municipalities did not have municipal managers; in the Northwest Province, the vacancy rate at senior management level was over 50%; and in Mpumalanga only 1% of senior managers had concluded Key Performance Agreements.