Negotiations are heating up between political parties trying to form coalitions that will enable them to run municipalities across the country. And parties are using these negotiations to deal with national and provincial issues they had previously tackled but failed to change the ruling party’s stance. Here are some of these demands that have nothing to do with local government for which negotiations are taking place:SIMON MATHEBULA E-tolls. Some of the parties have demanded that the ANC scrap the e-tolling system before they give their support. E-tolling was introduced by national government and has nothing to do with a city.Gallo Images/Thinkstock Prisoner release. The Pan African Congress is reported to be demanding the release of its members who are in jail. Municipalities cannot dictate to the president of the country or the Department of Correctional Services which prisoners should be released. Municipal boundaries: The African Independent Congress is reported to have demanded from the ANC that Matatiele be reincorporated into KwaZulu-Natal.Gallo Images/Thinkstock Free education. Education is the direct responsibility of national and provincial government. Local authorities play a basic role of providing services such as water‚ internet‚ electricity and waste removal.Pretoria News/Masi Losi via The Conversation Free houses bigger than the RDP structures. Housing is the competence of national and provincial government. However‚ local government is involved in the planning of housing and is increasingly taking a more prominent role. This is because big cities‚ in particular‚ cannot wait for national government programmes to materialise given the rapid pace of urbanisation...