1.1 The Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs having considered the directive of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to consider and report on the 2007/08 Report of Kwa- Zulu Natal Municipalities' Performance tabled by the MEC for Co- operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in terms of the requirements of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000), reports as follows: