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Elected councillors have 14 days within which to come to an agreement as to how the various local governments are going to be shaped and how they will function. It is a, I suppose, a shortcoming, I would argue, in the constitution where we afford those elected a really minimal amount of time. 14 days for me is not enough to iron out all the differences. I mean, think about what's happening in Gauteng right now, right?

Herman Mashaba says that the only way that they, ActionSA, will go into coalition government with the Democratic Alliance in the city of Joburg is if Helen Zille is out of the picture. Helen Zille, starting 18 months ago, has won, I say won, no outright majority, obviously, in the city of Joburg, but it is the largest party in the city of Joburg because of her campaigning. It was Helen Zille who was riding around in a Goucher She putting up.

On a bathing suit in order to swim in those potholes, highlighting the issues of bridges that have poorly been maintained and therefore crumbling all over Johannesburg. It was Helen Zille who delivered the vote for the Democratic Alliance in the city of Joburg. The number of people who spoke to me, friends of mine who live and function in Joburg, saying, Do you think this would be a good idea to give Helen Zille a vote? I gave my advice, whether they took it or not.

Absolutely, totally up to them. So, how can you realize a world where the largest party in the city of Johannesburg agrees to be in a coalition, but without Helen Zille? Conversely, it was, I think, Julius Malema's EFF or EFF Jules Malema on Saturday who was speaking to the media, who said that the ANC, the EFF, is a political party as well.

As the SACP should unite again because remember, all of those parties effectively are part of the ANC. They should unite again. And if it means that Ramaphosa must stand down as president of the Republic of South Africa, that then becomes a condition that has to be adhered to. Like, no, there's no way if you are drawing such big lines on the sand that within two weeks we

Going to have coalition governments that have been sufficiently explored. And I always reflect on Germany. Germany can take up to nine months sometimes before a coalition government is formed. Because, in what is a very thick document, they work out scenarios where there could be conflict and actually codify how they come to a solution. So, within two weeks, sir, local governments will be formed.

Speakers will be sworn in, elected, and mayors will be elected, and so life will go on. The president going on to highlight the importance of strengthening local government through the revised white paper on local government, which we will be spending some time on over the next two weeks to try and understand. The newly elected councillors take office against the backdrop of far-reaching changes in.