1. Background and Overview 1.1 The Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, having considered the request made by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on 03 November 2010 to consider and report on the intervention notice invoked in terms of section 139 (1)(b) of the Constitution at Msunduzi Local Municipality by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Executive Council (PEC), reports as follows: