4. Introduction 1. On 22 October 2010, the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs tabled a notice of intervention in Msunduzi Local Municipality to the Office of the Chairperson of the NCOP. In terms of section 139 (2)(b)(ii) of the Constitution, the intervention must end if the NCOP does not positively approve the intervention within 180 days since the intervention began, in this case before the end of 19 April 2011.