This is attained by focusing on all legal matters of Council in specialised fields such as Supply Chain Management; Intellectual Property; Housing and Development; Contract and compliance Management; Municipal Court operations; Infrastructure; legal research; Departmental / Entity legal support and, Organisational support which includes litigation. All these components contribute directly to the effective corporate governance towards capacitating the City.

Risk Management, on the other hand, ensures effective corporate governance through the establishment of governance structures and processes across the City is the function of this department. Included in this, is the risk committee that provides critical oversight on matters of governance, risk and compliance.