“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)
“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...
According to the United Nation who said yesterday monday that,at least 21 people were killed,40 wounded and dozens of houses burned down in this weekend attacks aimed at Hutus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.U.N spokesman Amouzoun Codjo Martin said the weekend attacks were carried out by members of two militias,the Nande-dominated UPDI and the NDC,which is mostly made up of Nyanga,and another local ethnic group.The U.N said in a statement that ''The fighting had reached an alarming level and could cause a large scale of violence in the region,as well as displacement of civilians.The U.N has also receive reports of looting,abduction and rape over the past few days''.Tensions have spiked between the Hutu and neighboring communities since Congo's army launched a military offensive last year against the FDLR,displacing large numbers of fighters and Hutu civilians.Congolese troops and U.N peacekeepers were forced to fire inti the air last wednesday in a nearby town to disperse Hutu and Nande villagers after the two groups clashed with machetes and batons.One more photo below.
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