Discussion | 2024 Elections | ANC seeks to abolish unstable coalitions

JOHANNESBURG - Smaller parties are facing a mass culling. That's if the Municipal Structures Second Amendment Bill is passed into law. 

The bill proposes that parties must get a threshold of one-percent to get a seat in council or legislature. This can't be good news for smaller parties who may be counting on being kingmakers.

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The ANC and the DA agree on this proposal. It has been tabled by COGTA Minister, Thembi Nkadimeng. 

The ANC says the need to have a threshold will prevent smaller parties accessing power through the back door. 

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Local government analyst, Wayne Sussman, had a discussion with Dan Moyane.