If coalitions are our new normal, then we need to get better at it fast

OPINION: If coalitions are our new normal, then we need to get better at it fast,writes Lebogang Maile

One of the crucial lessons we must take from the collapse of governance, service delivery and institutional stability in Tshwane, through the post-2016 local government elections coalition in the municipality, is the need to ensure that coalition arrangements are people-centred and grounded on Section 152 municipal obligations.

The coalition arrangements in South Africa were largely informed by a desire to remove the ANC from power, hence opposition parties with no clear political programme or policy direction decided to come together to run various municipalities. We must acknowledge that coalitions are here to stay within our politics, with many analysts and experts predicting that they will be the new normal within our body politic.

We are looking at proposing the introduction of an independent ­regulatory body for coalitions as one of the pillars and safeguards of our democracy, in the manner of chapter nine institutions.

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