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South Africa’s Coalition Era: Why Gauteng’s Municipal Power Battles May Decide 2026
South Africa’s coalition experiment did not begin in Parliament in 2024 — it began in its metros. Two years later, Gauteng’s municipal alliances are no longer local dramas. They are the proving ground for whether the country’s new politics of negotiation will stabilize governance or fragment it ahead of 2026.