LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHALLENGES
After the 2021 local government election, the expectation that services in the municipal sphere of government will improve and that problems with coalitions can be addressed, was not met. Many analyses of what the problems are have been produced. An institution which does not receive much attention in these analyses is the South African Local Government Association or Salga.
Constitutionally speaking, it is a key player in the municipal field. It also represents the municipal government in Parliament’s National Council of Provinces. But
