The Northern Cape Provincial Legislature through its Portfolio Committee on COGHSTA conducts oversight over the relevant departments as well as municipalities in the province. It was therefore important, in the spirit of cooperative governance, that the Committee members held briefings with their counterparts from the provincial legislature. The Committee, as a matter of course, regularly interacts with SALGA as a voice of Organised Local Government. SALGA as a statutory body is charged with responsibility to represent the interests of municipalities and it is therefore expected of them to render assistance to municipalities. Therefore, from a governance point of view, this report combines the inputs from the Northern Cape Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance, the Portfolio Committee of COGHSTA and SALGA.