President plays down electricity crisis amid complaints over poor service delivery and flawed candidate process
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on the campaign trail ahead of local government elections on November 1. Picture: THAPELO MOREBUDI/THE SUNDAY TIMES
The supporters were also unhappy about the party’s candidate selection process, which was marred by disputes, allegations of vote rigging, manipulation and violence at branch level that have included shootings and killings. There are fears the ANC could lose by a bigger margin in this election, with polls showing declining support for the country’s two biggest political parties, the ANC and DA. The ANC lost control of the metros of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay to DA-led coalitions in the 2016 municipal elections. DA mayors currently run the metros of Cape Town, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay.
“The supply of electricity is a nationwide problem,” Ramaphosa said in Orange Farm. He told the party faithful that Johannesburg mayor Mpho Moerane knows all about their service delivery challenges and will work swiftly to address them. He added, however, that he was not making any promises. Linda Ndebele, a community activist who led a group of disgruntled ANC supporters in Orange Farm, told Business Day: “We don’t have electricity. It’s been three years now, and these people are coming here to campaign for votes. They always lie that they are addressing the problem but don’t do anything about it, they are born liars.”
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