jen is in capetown covering all of this for us.issues are top of mind for voters across south africa when it comes to that decision when -- wednesday? jen: it is a long list of issues. if we think about who is voting tomorrow, 28 million south africans are registered, there are 70 political parties and nine provinces brave the issues are mounting. when we think about top issues, we talk a lot about power outages, it has cost the economy more than a trillion dollars in 2023. there is also crime and corruption. we have a dilapidated port and rail infrastructure. a number of south africans are going to the polls tomorrow to deal with what has become a declining economy. not growing, there is not enough jobs, so there is a number of issues they are going to the polls with, the question is which of these parties and leaders will be able to fulfill the long list of issues that they have in south africa? i want to bring in the guest is standing by with me. her name is amanda, she is a professor in capetown where i am, and she teaches blue

the home to johannesburg and the western cape, home to capetown.he reason why they see are such a focus is because of the population size and the economic activity. in mar here, the big question is what is the split going to look like if we are going to see a split? are they going to be able to hold on to this outright majority that they have been able to hold on to for the past 30 years? if not, what does the coalition look like? has the question investors and the public is asking themselves. we have seen a lot of instability. just because -- considering the myriad of issues that are facingthis country, will a coaln government be able to come together and tackle a number of these issues, tom? >> lose everywhere across the country. they have lost their base support which is mostly of course black south aftercancer. they have lost a lot of votes. has the second biggest province ens in south africa in erms of voting numbers. that hurts them. >> so, tom, that was one of the guests we were speaking to in the western cape talking about tow consequential