'If you don't vote ANC, electricity may never be restored' - Ramaphosa tells protesting residents | News24
Ramaphosa, who had avoided responding to questions around the surge in load shedding from the media all morning, was finally forced to address the matter as some residents in the crowd carried placards stating, "no electricity, no vote".
Contrary to the ANC's assertion that the ongoing rolling blackouts may be done deliberately by Eskom for "political ends", President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday sang from a different hymn sheet.
Unlike the accusatory stance take by his party, Ramaphosa, while addressing community members in Tsabella in Ekurhuleni, instead, attributed the power utility's challenges to illegal electrical connections and cable theft.
Ramaphosa, who had avoided responding to questions around the surge in load shedding from the media all morning, was finally forced to address the matter as some residents in the crowd carried placards stating, "no electricity, no vote".

