# Deputy minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, doctor Namane Dickson Masemola, says the department will work with provincial governments to establish municipal councils. With only 72 of the country’s 257 municipal councils having outright majorities after the local government elections, political parties will have to negotiate governing arrangements in most municipalities. Masemola acknowledged that forming coalition governments in some municipalities could affect the prescribed timeline for constituting municipal councils. He has reassured the public that key municipal operations would continue during the transition.
Deputy minister Masemola warns hung councils could delay the constitution of municipal councils