4.1 On the 4th December 2009 the Free State MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs tabled a notice of intervention in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality to the Office of the Chairperson of the NCOP. Subsequent to the tabling, the notice of intervention was referred to the Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs for consideration and report in terms of Council Rule 101. In compliance with the Council referral, the Select Committee resolved to undertake a fact-finding visit to the Municipality on 24 February 2010.