PA poised to play Kingmaker as Northern Cape councils hang

In the Northern Cape, 17 councils out of the province’s 26 municipalities are now hung, with the Patriotic Alliance (PA) positioned as a possible kingmaker in key municipalities in the province.

Political analyst Andre Duvenhage says the next two weeks could see some volatility as political parties try to form coalitions to govern the 138 hung councils nationally.

“I can see three narratives developing; one narrative is a centre-left coalition. Then we will put the ANC at the centre and involve parties like the EFF, maybe even the MK Party, Action SA, and you can put the Patriotic Alliance within that framework as well. Then there’s a second narrative, an agreement between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance, which may be a bit more unlikely.”

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