Load shedding = ANC vote shedding
South African taxpayers want to vote the governing party out of power in next year’s elections because of rolling blackouts, a survey shows.
An online poll of almost 1 500 adults last month found that 65% of middle-income earners are seriously considering not voting for the ANC in next year’s general elections, according to a BrandMapp-Silverstone report published on the website of Cape Town-based consultancySouth Africa’s economy has been subjected to load shedding since 2008 because state-owned power utility Eskom has been unable to meet demand from its old and poorly maintained plants.
“Taxpayers of South Africa are being pushed to the limits, not just of their tolerance, but of their ability to remain resilient, productive and positive about the future,” the company said.“It could be argued that all social revolutions begin at the crest of a wave of urgency, and if that is indeed true, then we have certainly reached that point.”
About 14.7 million individuals in a working-age population of 40.5 million are registered taxpayers in South Africa, according to national treasury data.As many as 85% of those who participated in the survey feel despondent about the future of the country because of power cuts.Some 72% of respondents said blackouts have negatively affected their work life, with productivity the biggest casualty.“We’ve been forced back 100 years,” BrandMapp-Silverstone said.
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