This year, the election campaign is an opportunity for people in South Africa to get to know an old feeling again: what it’s like not to have to plan your day around the timetable of the state electricity provider. Two months ago, the so-called load shedding, the hours-long blackouts that had become an almost daily routine for years, ended from one day to the next. The electricity is flowing again in South Africa. People can turn on the electric stove, washing machine or kitchen light whenever they want. Nobody believes that this has nothing to do with the election on May 29, as the government claims.
Election in South Africa: Why the ANC deserves a historic defeat – Opinion
