Instability in local government coalitions has led to new draft legislation that would exclude parties winning less than 1% of the vote. What are the likely outcomes in the metros?

Unstable coalitions, violence and corruption have pushed political risk to dangerously high levels. The Barometer summarsies 20 months of political risk.

While some metros struggled to pass their 2023/24 budgets on time, service delivery and governance continued to deterioriate

Political risk increased while parties blamed each other for council collapses

Across all the metros coalitions grew even more dysfunctional. The political stalemate in Johannesburg had devastating effects on service delivery. By the Research Team.

This short explainer answers most of your questions about our MetroMonitor Political Risk Barometer