[LISTEN] LGE 2026 | Dr Lubna Nadvi analyses potential Government of Local Unity scenarios in eThekwini #sabcnews

 

By Newsbreak Executive Producer Salma Patel - Smaller parties are expected to enter into coalition talks with bigger parties in order to run municipalities. In eThekwini, even though the MK Party has 86 seats, it does not hold an outright majority in the 233-seat council. That leads to speculation that the ANC, DA, and IFP could work with other parties like ActionSA, The EFF, VF Plus and other smaller parties to reach the 112-seat total for a majority. If these top six parties in eThekwini decide to work together this could translate to about 126 seats for a Government of Local Unity or GLU. If that does happen, will the GLU stick together? Newsbreak put that question to Political Analyst Dr Lubna Nadvi...