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MAPPED: SA's hung councils

South Africa is anxiously awaiting the outcome of negotiations between rival political parties that will determine who will govern hung councils – where the electorate did not vote a single party into power.more Data gathered after the municipal elections shows that there is a total of 27 hung councils spanning the country.

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South Africa is anxiously awaiting the outcome of negotiations between rival political parties that will determine who will govern hung councils – where the electorate did not vote a single party into power.

Data gathered after the municipal elections shows that there is a total of 27 hung councils spanning the country.

They include the country’s capital‚ Tshwane‚ economic hub (City of Joburg) and smaller councils from Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal to Nama Khoi in the Northern Cape and Thabazimbi in Limpopo.

You can explore the map, and municipalities, here: