By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Illustrative image · Blinkiing Studio · Pexels · Licence PexelsKwaZulu-Natal parties in South Africa are setting conditions ahead of coalition talks in eThekwini, a municipality without an outright majority, and in other municipalities in the province. The standoff centres on who should lead local executives and each party's demands, according to IOL.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is calling on political parties to protect newly elected municipal councillors. His intervention comes as coalition negotiations begin in a province marked by political violence, according to IOL.
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South Africa's DA won 418 seats and about 54% of votes across 25 Western Cape municipalities, with outright majorities in nine councils. Sixteen municipalities require coalition agreements, and the party leadership decided to open talks with other parties, according to IOL.
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MK party, led by former president Jacob Zuma, is negotiating a coalition agreement with the ANC to run the eThekwini municipality in Durban and promises to sideline the Democratic Alliance (DA). The 7 November local elections put the ANC ahead with 31% of the vote, without an absolute majority, according to IOL.
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The municipality of Polokwane, in South Africa’s Limpopo province, gave no party a majority in the local elections. Residents hope a coalition will improve public services, particularly access to water, according to SABC News.
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Group challenges Madibeng election results and calls for investigationForum for South Africa (FORUM4SA) rejects the local election results in Madibeng municipality, in the north of the country, and calls for an investigation by the Independent Electoral Commission into wards 4 and 38. The organisation says it filed a complaint before the deadline and is awaiting a response from the commission, which received more than 800 complaints, according to IOL.
Malawi prepares national strategy against organised crimeThe Malawian government is preparing a new national strategy to tackle organised criminal networks operating across borders. Interior Security Minister Peter Mukhito says the country will strengthen its response to traffickers, cybercriminals and other organised crime groups, according to Nyasa Times.The week in Africa
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