Overview
- The DA met MK Party negotiators in Midrand to discuss possible municipal coalitions after a fragmented election left many councils without a majority.
- DA leader Geordin Hill‑Lewis formally wrote to Jacob Zuma to request talks and MK negotiator Dali Mpofu confirmed the DA had reached out.
- MK Party leaders held separate discussions with the ANC and the EFF and said they were willing to work with other parties to find common ground.
- No formal coalition agreement has been announced and negotiations remain ongoing between the DA, MK, ANC, EFF and other parties.
- The talks matter because more than 130 councils are hung, the ANC has centralised municipal bargaining through its national command, and smaller parties now hold decisive power over who will run metros and how services are delivered.