KEVIN ALLAN: The plot against SA councils: bring down coalitions at all cost
The ANC’s strategy in local government seems to be if we cannot govern, nobody will
17 October 2022 - 14:21
There are coalition governments in six of SA’s eight metros. This has become the norm as the dominance of the ANC has dissipated over the last two local elections.
On paper, in those cases where there is no outright majority, coalitions seem a good and necessary solution to allow local councils to be governed — a number of parties representing a range of interests, working together for the common good of a locality...
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