ELECTION
Angry voters may punish ANC for blackouts, observers say
The power crisis has cast a shadow over the ANC’s campaign
29 October 2021 - 05:09
The latest electricity crisis, which has plunged the country into rolling blackouts just days before elections, could alter the outcome of Monday’s municipal polls, which were already set to be a watershed moment for SA’s two biggest political parties.
The power crisis, which has led SA to suffer its worst cuts since load-shedding made it into the country’s vocabulary about 14 years ago, has cast a shadow over the ANC’s campaign, with the party already on the defensive about a lack of delivery and collapsing municipalities...
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