“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...

338 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM SAMBISA FOREST YESTERDAY,BY THE NIGERIAN ARMY.

               According to the Nigerian Army,who said today wednesday that they rescued 338 people from the hands of Boko Haram.The people rescued were mainly women and children,held in Sambisa forest in Borno state.They were rescued yesterday tuesday and the Nigerian army said in a statement that ''192 of the survivors were children and 138 were women.The raid targeted suspected Boko Haram terrorist camps at Bulajilin and Manawashe villages on the edge of the Sambisa forest.The troops killed 30 suspected jihadists and seized a cache of arms and ammunition''.The air force said in a statement yesterday tuesday that it had launched strikes on the group's vehicle and fuel depots in a renewed drive to further degrade it assets.Air-force chief Sadique Abubakar was quoted as saying the strikes were helping pave the way for the final onslaught by Nigerian ground forces.One more photo below.                                                                                  

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