Washington Post Article RatingPolitical killings rock South Africa as it heads into elections
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
62% : The killings have fostered a climate of lawlessness and government paralysis that has fueled voter anger, and the failure of the ruling African National Congress to stem the violence has been eroding the party's popularity.37% : In September, Police Minister Bheki Cele said 348 suspects had been charged in 233 cases of political violence, but it's unclear how high the arrests reach.
31% : " As public disaffection with political violence and corruption has surged, voter turnout in South Africa has tumbled, falling from a high of 87 percent three decades ago to only 66 percent in the last national election, held in 2019.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
