After nearly 30 years of ‘democratic’ rule by the ANC, the inability to deliver electricity to black working–class people has come to symbolise the shattered dreams of a nation. Power outages continue to plague the country.
A Lesotho parliamentarian behind the ambitious petition to reclaim huge territories from SA is a long-time land campaigner whose party and election bid were founded on the push for the return of land.
With the African National Congress (ANC) poised to hold its 55th National Electoral Congress, the threat of losing votes, and the disruption of bourgeois democratic processes, may be strong motivators for the party to respond positively to working-class community needs related to the energy crisis.