Municipality for SA’s capital dissolved amid squabbles

South Africa's municipality of Tshwane - which includes the capital Pretoria - has been dissolved after months of political squabbles.

Tshwane, in the economic hub of Gauteng, currently has no mayor and no city council as rival parties vie for control.

The provincial government said the municipality was being mismanaged and money was being wasted.

A coalition led by the opposition Democratic Alliance won highly contested municipal elections there in 2016.

Since then, it has struggled to run Tshwane, partly because of disruption by the African National Congress and other parties.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura said fresh elections would be held in 90 days, reports Reuters news agency.

This article originally appeared on BBC News 

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