said SAP is not yet a fully­fledged system so challenges are addressed with the sys­ tem vendor. “My philosophy is that any system is as good as the users. If the users are not using the system and identifying the chal­ lenges and bringing them to the vendors to rectify that system will be useless,” he said. He said the use of SAP was not a direct­ ive from national Treasury, but municipali­ ties can buy any system that complies with the regulations. Khoza said it would not be in the City’s best interests to drop every new system because of challenges. The DA’s Glenn McArthur said at some stage the council has to make a decision on SAP because the problems have been going on for years. “Wayethunywe ukuthi ayolanda okuthize koninalume, wahamba yedwa ngezinyawo ngoba vele kuseduze nakubo. Kukhona abathi bambona endleleni kodwa abazi ukuthi waphelelaphi,” kusho uNkk Mchunu.