{
  "id": 19353191,
  "title": "SALGA commends the IEC for the successful running of the 2026 LGE",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/salga-commends-the-iec-for-the-successful-running-of-the-2026-lge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T14:45:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/salga-commends-the-iec-for-the-successful-running-of-the-2026-lge/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has praised the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for the smooth conduct of the 2026 Local Government Elections. SALGA believes the attention should now turn towards establishing stable, capable, and accountable municipal councils. The association has called on parties in hung councils to prioritize community interests and refrain from forming arrangements that could lead to instability. Motalatale Modiba, SALGA’s national spokesperson, stated, \"In our coalition framework, we have advocated for municipality-specific and publicly accessible coalition agreements that outline the government's program, decision-making matters, and the district resolution and standards of conduct for coalition partners. We have also backed legislative reform to make coalition arrangements more structured and enforceable. Currently, the coalition bill is before parliament—hopefully, it will pass through parliamentary processes and become law. However, in the absence of such a law, we have guidelines and frameworks in place for political parties.\"",
  "summary": "SALGA says the focus must now shift from the ballot box to building stable and capable councils",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}