Counterpoint: Politicians need to be sensitive to their voters in order to win elections. Hence the phrase "politically correct".
Their goal isn't to be some sort of edgy truth teller. It's to win votes and govern. No political party wants someone who could lose them voters.
The EFF keeps...
Some of the artists you might know:
#699 The Kiffness - R20 000
#963 Francois van Coke - R10 000
#2808 Danie Reenwolf - R20 000
I'm still going through it. A lot of names I don't know
Total grants given were over R72m
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-07-10-just-in-arthur-mafokate-bethusile-mcinga-some-of-the-artists-paid-grants-during-covid-19/
SABC news is surprisingly decent. I watched a lot for their coverage during the elections and the production quality was good for a company supposedly on the brink.
I remember going into a Telkom store in 2017 to get that 500GB for R50 night owl special. Telkom's service might not be the greatest but without them the big networks would definitely still be charging R199/GB
They probs saw it as a chance to grow another 0.5% by attracting the trans audience. Little did they know that enough true American patriots followed Dylan Mulvaney and would see the post.
What if actual electricity demand has been low enough to avoid loadshedding this whole time but they could never measure full demand because the power was always off