The ANC has a very narrow chance of regaining the five hung metros after the Economic Freedom Fighters announced on Tuesday that all talks have collapsed.
In a media briefing on Tuesday, EFF leader Julius Malema said that the party had resolved to stopdiscussions with ANC after the governing party failed to provide clear commitment and timelines on the principles and policies the fighters believed should form the foundation of any collaboration.
This comes as the parties have less than two weeks to form coalitions in metros; they could face possible reruns should there be a failure to formulate councils. Steenhuisen added that the Patriotic Alliance’s announcement this week that it would go into a coalition with the ANC narrowed the blue party’s chances of regaining Johannesburg. However, in Tshwane, with the help of the smaller parties — including the African Christian Democratic Party, the Congress of the People, ActionSA and, possibly, the Inkatha Freedom Party — the DA could win back the metro.
“There is nowhere in the 66 municipalities that the EFF is going to vote with the ANC,” Malema said, promising to destabilise the ANC in the 66 hung municipalities in which it won seats. “We will not enter into coalitions at all costs. Our decisions will be principled, political and strategic. As we enter into coalitions, we will insist that coalition relationships are structured, that there are clear coalition agreements in place and that the contents of agreements are known to voters. We want coalitions that are stable, credible and have an agreed programme of work that delivers what communities need,” Ramaphosa said.
“We are going to participate in metros fully. We will make sure we give them the necessary majority to form a quorum,” he said.
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