The DA, Karoo Gemeenskap Party, Karoo Democratic Force and the Karoo Ontwikkelings Party have reached an agreement whereby a new coalition led by the DA will run four municipalities in the Karoo.

In exchange for taking control of Beaufort West, a previous ANC stronghold, the DA has agreed that the Karoo Gemeenskap Party will occupy the mayoral position in Prince Albert; the Karoo Ontwikkelings Party will take the mayoral seat in Laingsburg and the Karoo Democratic Force will take the same position in the Central Karoo District municipality, the Rand Daily mail reports.

“We negotiated for the three parties. We are quite happy because in Beaufort West we also asked to chair the technical service portfolio, so we will be hands-on when it comes to service delivery,” Karoo Democratic Force leader Noel Constable said.

Constable said they refused the ANC’s offer due to factionalism within the ruling party.

“There is an agreement. It includes all four municipalities. We are busy planning, but after tomorrow we will be ready to talk,” Gemeenskap Party’s Goliath Lottering said.