Nelson Mandela Bay’s opposition coalition: A beacon of stability in SA
Successful coalitions require responsibility, accountability and political maturity – all traits needed for stability in SA.
Successful coalitions require responsibility, accountability and political maturity – all traits needed for stability in SA.
Retief Odendaal speaks on Nelson Mandela Bay’s 10-party coalition and its wins – a template that can be applied to instability elsewhere.
The High Court’s finding will be to prevent all municipalities from using their monopoly over electricity supply as a bottomless slush fund financed by ratepayers.
As with the recent removal of Joburg’s DA speaker and mayor, the case against Athol Trollip was that he was arrogant.
The DA’s leader in the Eastern Cape, Nqaba Bhanga, believes the unfolding coalition drama in Johannesburg is perhaps a cautionary tale for managing coalitions in Nelson Mandela Bay where his party’s Retief Odendaal has just assumed the mayoral position.
What happens in NMB will be monitored as a test case on whether coalition government is a workable option after the 2024 National Election.
ActionSA’s Athol Trollip details his extensive political background from his early days in a new and infant democracy post 1994.
Iron Lady of SA Politics, Helen Zille, has sounded a warning on growing blind optimism of South Africa’s post-ANC rule.
Eastern Cape farm boy Athol Trollip was coaxed out of retirement by ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba and joined the new party in February.
South Africa’s municipal crisis is worsening, but there is hope that with greater citizen involvement, matters could be partially reversed.Â