PHUTI MOSOMANE
DEPUTY President Paul Mashatile announced during a session in the National Assembly on Thursday that the Presidency will be convening a national dialogue on coalition governments.
The dialogue is scheduled to take place within the next two months.
“Working with the Minister of COGTA we will be inviting all political parties represented in parliament to the dialogue on the principles of coalition governments across all spheres of government while we are urgently attending to the issue of dysfunctional municipalities as a result of the current loosely arranged coalition governments,” said Mashatile.
Mashatile further emphasized that all political parties would be invited to contribute their inputs and views to a technical committee established by the Presidency and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA).
This committee will be responsible for developing a comprehensive framework for coalition governments in South Africa.
“We want to build consensus because if
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