「Research organisation #GoodGovernanceAfrica has published its latest analysis of the best and worst-performing #municipalities for 2024 – and the results throw up an interesting fact: #coalitions don’t necessarily result in catastrophe.
In no fewer than 10 of the 20 best-performing municipalities, no single party had an outright majority.

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But the number of successful #coalition administrations is surprising, considering the awful mess that the #Gauteng municipalities have got themselves into with their attempts.
Desai has some interesting ideas about the differences between municipalities that have performed well under coalitions and those that have not, but the results are important considering the possibility – or perhaps likelihood – that SA’s next national government may be a coalition.
It’s crucial to be aware that these results are not survey-based; they are drawn from as many factual sources as Good Governance Africa could dig up.
The organisation generates what it describes as a Governance Performance Index for each #municipality, including the metros, based on publicly available assessments. These include reports by the #AuditorGeneral, National Treasury, the Department of Water and Sanitation’s #BlueDrop, #GreenDrop and No Drop reports, and research measuring residents’ satisfaction with their municipality. 」

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-02-after-the-bell-municipal-performance-study-suggests-some-coalitions-do-work/

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