READER LETTER | Coalitions rarely work in SA
The recent municipal elections have produced hung municipalities. Therefore, coalition governments will be the order of the day. I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing. I hope the latter.
In the past five years we had coalition governments in a few municipalities: Nelson Mandela Bay, Tshwane, Joburg, Ekurhuleni and Mogale City. This time around, they have increased. It looks like this type of government will be with us for years to come. Nelson Mandela Bay municipality was unstable from the word go. Initially it was under the DA-led coalition. Athol Trollip was mayor then. He was then booted out and the UDM's Mongameli Bobani became mayor. Not long after that the DA was back in power, with Nqaba Bhanga as mayor until the end of the term.
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