Commentators Predict Coalition Councils After Contested Local Elections.

 

Political commentators are predicting coalition councils following the highly contested Local Government Elections. As election results continue to trickle in, the former Executive Mayor of the embattled Lekwa Municipality in Standerton, Mpumalanga, Louis Thabethe, has warned against unregulated coalition councils. Thabethe was elected Executive Mayor of Lekwa following the hung municipal council in 2021. He was removed three years later through a vote of no confidence. The smaller parties with which the Lekwa Community Forum had formed a voting bloc later decided to support the ANC. SABC reporter Mthobisi Mkhaliphi spoke to Louis Thabethe about the challenges of multi-party coalitions...