Political parties have 14 days to conclude talks and finalise coalitions.
Both the DA and the ANC received less than 50 percent in Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni and are seeking help from smaller parties to govern the big metros.
The EFF have come out as the kingmakers in the 2016 municipal elections and are in the position to wield power in the big councils.
One of the EFF’s demands is for President Jacob Zuma to be removed as president if any agreement on a coalition is to take place with the ANC.
The party’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says: “This democracy depends precisely on opposition speaking to each other, so we’ve got to listen to them because we’ve got to be able to tell them the things that we’ve been saying through the media personally.”
Meanwhile, with the dust from the local government elections barely settled, the focus now will be on coalition talks as the ANC and the Democratic Alliance (DA) try to woo smaller parties into governing with them.
