committee, so that we can properly monitor the impact and effects of this section 100 intervention. Especially in light of the absence of the subservient

legislation demanded by paragraph 100.3 of the Constitution, as pointed out by MEC Cwaile. We need to know what the intervention is hoping to achieve. Only then will we be able to properly evaluate progress and determine whether the intervention has fulfilled its mandate.

At this stage we are merely a confessional, where we hear the sins of the weak, and send them away to do a token penance, with no real means of checking. With no measure or consequence. If we carry on as we have, we will continue to hear tales of woe. We will read the litany of failures of government in this province and be ashamed by the shenanigans of the factions at war, and the Minister's admissions in this regard, with her defeatist: 'I'll leave it at that' ringing in our ears.

Chairperson, I must emphasise at this point that section 100 interventions, like section 139 interventions, cannot be used as a tool to address a lack of political leadership or internal political problems. Such issues must be dealt with separately to make space for administrative interventions to work effectively to provide services to the people. Again, hon Dodovu implied this in his speech, but it needs to bestated

clearly. Yet, the Minister's tone -deafness was again demonstrated by her obvious choice of headdress.

The facts that hon Sileku put forward cannot be refuted and yet they touched certain members on their studios. We need to get past the politics. I loved the quote put forward by MEC Shiba. We should all remember that we are here to make sure that we improve the lives of our residents.

If we indeed agree to the extension of this process, then we must re-chart our future by setting out explicit terms of reference, by determining goals and landmarks and by knowing what it is that we are measuring. Only then do we stand a chance of succeeding. Thank you, Chair.

Mr Y I CARRIM: Chairperson, Minister, Deputy Minister, MECs, comrades and friends, let us be clear that the North West has not been functioning effectively and fulfilling its executive obligations is bad and sad. That the national government had to effect a section 100 intervention as necessary as this is unfortunate.

But this failure to government is not just a reflection on the provincial government and provincial legislature, it is also a

crucial reflection on us as the NCOP. What are we if not a national forum to advance the needs and interests of the provinces in the national sphere? If the national government has to intervene in a province, it also reflects on the failure of the NCOP to effectively fulfil our oversight as our colleagues from the opposition parties should also urgently note.

We are not a federal state but a unitary state with provinces that are constitutionally enshrined powers and functions. In terms of our co-operative governance system, each sphere is going to grow stronger the more it operates with the other two spheres. So, if a province fails it reflects on the failure of the other two spheres to play their roles effectively. Not only the national government must take some measure of responsibility for the failure of a province to function, so too must the national legislature, in particular theNCOP.

We are not a federal state. We can't look from high up from the centre as it were and say that's their problem, the North West's problem, let them stew as you might if you were a federal state. No, we are a co-operative governance system. We are all in this together.