On Friday, the Joburg City Council elected Thapelo Amad into the top political position in the city, a man the ANC in Joburg described as a ‘transitional mayor’. It is clear that this is a stopgap measure, and that the real action involves negotiations ...
Thirteen councils in KZN could now change hands because of events in Joburg. Of course, this is not the first time this has happened, but it still underscores how fragile the entire system is.
While they may be getting closer towards some agreement, there are still complicated issues to sort out. If the EFF were to do a deal with the ANC, what would happen in Parliament? Would it really be able to serve in a coalition with the ANC while continuing to attack the ruling party, particularly President Cyril Ramaphosa?
Thus, it is entirely possible that both the ANC and the EFF could lose support through working together. While many have blamed it for the collapse of the coalition in Joburg, the DA has said that it could no longer work with Gayton McKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance. It says the PA had left the coalition, then asked to return and to be given more seats than it had had before on the metro’s mayoral committee.What undermines this argument is that the PA claims the DA was offering deals up until the last minute, and the fact that the DA went into a coalition with the PA in the first place.
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