Eskom crisis to cost ANC dearly at the polls
losing almost a quarter of its support unless it brings the country’s worst power crisis to an end ahead of elections next year, a poll shows.in March as South Africans were subjected to rotational power cuts of more than 10 hours a day. Of the respondents who said they backed the ANC, 24% said they will stop voting for the party if the issue isn’t resolved. Another 41% said they are reconsidering their support and 1% said they had already decided not to vote for the ANC.
Twenty-four percent of ANC voters said they will stop voting for the party if the issue isn’t resolved The party has acknowledged that it’s to blame for the current crisis as the ANC government of former President Thabo Mbeki stopped Eskom from building new plants in the early 2000s. During the rule of his successor, Jacob Zuma from 2009 to 2018, Eskom was brought to its knees by state-linked corruption, which was exposed by a government-ordered commission of inquiry.
The difference in opinion is likely due to wealth disparities that largely run along racial lines. The wealthy have taken steps to insulate themselves against power cuts by installing solar panels, inverters or generators, and have the luxury of putting climate considerations ahead of power availability, the SRF said.
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