South Africans threaten to withhold votes after load-shedding announcement

I feel like our campaigning political parties are not doing enough to explain exactly *how* they're planning to fix electricity. I'm no economist but it feels to me like electricity might be the most urgent of all of the urgent things. #loadshedding

— sharon bezuidenhout (@shazzala) March 15, 2019

Maximum battery saving mode.
I wish I could remove the Call, Messages and Chrome icons as I don't use them at all on my phone. #LoadShedding pic.twitter.com/WOScACqC98

— Shingi (@Ethnochoreology) March 15, 2019

Eskom and Vodacom are in cahoots once #LoadShedding hits network is gone 🚮

— Moonlight♉️♀️ (@lebomathekga1) March 15, 2019

It seems that @MYANC is implementing those valuable lessons learned in Venezuela #Loadshedding

— Mark Davel (@markdavel) March 15, 2019

How can any rationale person vote ANC, for one, loadshedding #LoadShedding @Eskom_SA @MYANC

— arno rice (@ArnoRice) March 15, 2019

Shopping by cell phone light.
The New Dawn is here but it is still dark #loadshedding pic.twitter.com/dPlWJ7Bb3e

— ratrap (@ratrap1) March 15, 2019

#loadshedding highkey feels like a national hostage situation

— black, one sugar (@malik_radebe) March 15, 2019

It's hard to remain positive when you have no power, students are burning tyres in the streets and politically connected thieves are still high on part lists... #Loadshedding

— Dave (@Damin_za) March 15, 2019