Recent experience with coalition governance in some of South Africa’s largest cities has been anything but encouraging. Johannesburg, for example, is now on its fifth mayor since the municipal elections of November 2021. Tshwane (Pretoria), Ekhuruleni and Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth) have also had multiple mayors over the same period.
BP 567 – Coalition Governance – Are We Ready by Mike Pothier