1. On 21 July 2010, the North-West Premier tabled a notice of intervention in Mafikeng Local Municipality to the Office of the Chairperson of the NCOP. The Municipality was previously under administration during the 2003/04 financial year, on matters of poor financial management and administration. Furthermore, the Municipality had also been identified as a priority Municipality in terms of section 106 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) for investigation by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU). However, despite these interventions, the Municipality's financial situation continued to deteriorate and this affected service delivery adversely.