“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

EGYPTIAN BOY PHARAOH ''TUTANKHAMUN'',AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1323 BC,IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BEFORE HE WAS EMBALMED,HE WAS BURNT AND SEALED IN THE COFFIN.HE BURST INTO FLAMES INSIDE HIS SARCOPHAGUS AFTER A BOTCHED ATTEMPT TO EMBALM HIM.NOW IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE DIED IN A CHARIOT CRASH.HIS TRUE FACE WAS CREATED BY EGYPTIAN HISTORIAN,HOWARD CARTER.

The true face of power: This reconstructed image of King Tutankhamun was created by Egyptian historians and the National Geographic Society Howard Carter, who discovered the Pharaoh's tomb in 1922Fire: Tutankhamun burst into flame inside his sarcophagus because of a chemical reaction from the chemicals he was embalmed withResearchers confirmed his body was burnt while sealed in his coffin after testing a fragment of his fleshEngulfed: This picture shows the boy king's charred feetEchoes of history: A mummy tissue sample of Egyptian pharaoh TutankhamunTut was the last of the royal line from the eighteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom, one of the most powerful royal houses of ancient EgyptFascination: Tut has long fired the public imagination. He became pharaoh at the age of 10 in 1333 BC and ruled for just nine years until his deathNot only did his skeleton have broken ribs but it was lacking a sternum, breastbone, and heart

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