ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa addressed members of the media after campaigning for the party in Botshabelo, outside Bloemfontein on Friday. (Amanda Khoza/News24)
The president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, said the government was not using load shedding as a strategy to influence voter behaviour in the forthcoming elections.
Speaking to the media on Friday, after conducting a door-to-door election campaign in Botshabelo, outside Bloemfontein, Ramaphosa said: “It appears to me there were a number of people who were unhappy that we haven’t had load shedding.”
This was a jab seemingly aimed at some opposition party members who accused the government of using the energy crisis to garner votes.
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