“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...

KATE ARRIVING FOR WHITE TIE BALL AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

Regal: The Duchess of Cambridge arrives for a diplomatic reception this evening at Buckingham Palace wearing a tiara      It't the annual reception,the monarch holds at Buckingham palace.arriving at tonights event in a chaffeur driving Bently with william.she is wearing a matching earing,with dress and the tiara is believed to have been loaned to her by the Queen herself.more photos below.                                                                                   All dressed up: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are seen leaving Kensington Palace earlier tonightA piece of history: The beautiful tiara was owned by the Queen Mother and handed down to Princess Margaret. Kensington Palace confirmed that the Queen loaned it to the Duchess for tonightThe Queen Mother pictured wearing the tiara. The image is thought to have been taken around 1930Princess Margaret pictured wearing the tiara

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