A DA-ActionSA alliance in Tshwane would hold 122 of 214 seats
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sunday Express
The DA has won 74 of 214 seats on the Tshwane council, well short of the 108 needed for a majority, and must find allies. ActionSA, with 48 seats, is in a key position, but tensions between Herman Mashaba and Helen Zille complicate an alliance, according to IOL.
In the Tshwane metropolitan council, South Africa’s administrative capital, the Democratic Alliance (DA) holds 74 of 214 seats, ActionSA 48 and the ANC 44. An alliance between the DA and ActionSA would reach 122 seats, above the threshold of 108 for a majority, according to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) results cited by the South African media outlet IOL. However, no agreement has been confirmed.
According to IOL, tensions between Herman Mashaba, leader of ActionSA, and Helen Zille, the DA’s mayoral candidate, cast doubt on a direct partnership. ActionSA has appointed its national president, Michael Beaumont, to lead negotiations and is demanding a written coalition agreement. Political analyst Levy Ndou believes it is difficult to predict which parties will cooperate.
The ANC, which must clarify its coalition position on 13 November, could influence the outcome, as could the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) and the smaller parties. Negotiations are expected to last about 14 days. After the 2021 local elections, alliances had already changed the city’s mayor and ruling coalition; ActionSA eventually joined the ANC and the EFF in a new administration in 2024.
