The Council is a consultative forum for the President—
| a) | to raise matters of national interest with provincial governments and organised local government and to hear their views on those matters; |
| i) | the implementation of national policy and legislation in provinces and municipalities; |
| ii) | the co-ordination and alignment of priorities, objectives and strategies across national, provincial and local governments; and |
| iii) | any other matters of strategic importance that affect the interests of other governments; |
| c) | to discuss performance in the provision of services in order to detect failures and to initiate preventive or corrective action when necessary; and |
| i) | reports from other intergovernmental forums on matters affecting the national interest, including a report referred to in section 21; and |
| ii) | other reports dealing with the performance of provinces and municipalities. |
