WITH less than two weeks to go before newly elected councillors are sworn into office, horse-trading between political parties is set to enter the fourth day after final results were declared on Friday and revealed 60 hung municipalities.
According to sources close to the coalition team negotiators, municipal coalition deals were in full swing on Monday night and slowly taking shape, particularly between the ANC, EFF and ActionSA.
With no single party recording more than 50% in the coveted metros by last night, the EFF and ActionSA emerged as possible king makers willing to form an ‘unholy alliance’ with the ANC in Joburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and eThekwini.
Municipal councils are obliged to meet within 14 days after the declaration of results.
Inside Politics understands that Malema and Mashaba’s teams have tabled an offer to the ANC which would involve the EFF getting control of Tshwane, and ActionSA taking control
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