SALGA commends the IEC for the successful running of the 2026 LGE

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has commended the IEC for the successful running of the 2026 Local Government Elections.

SALGA says the focus must now shift from the ballot box to building stable, capable and accountable municipal councils.

The association has urged parties in hung councils to put community interests first and avoid arrangements that cause instability.

Motalatale Modiba, SALGA’s national spokesperson, says, “In our coalition framework, we’ve called for municipality-specific and publicly available coalition agreements that cover the programme of government, the decision-making issues, and also the district resolution and standards of conduct for the coalition partners. We also supported legislative reform to make coalition arrangements more structured and enforceable. At the moment the coalition bill is before parliament- hopefully it will get passed through parliamentary processes- then that will become law, but in the absence of that law we have guidelines and frameworks that are there for political parties.”