“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...

OTEDOLA BRIDGE ACCIDENT: LASEMA RESCUES ONE,EVACUATES FIVE VEHICLES.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), earlier today, rescued an adult female trapped in a crushed white Toyota Hilux Vehicle (KRD 797 XN) involved in a multiple car accident along the Otedola Bridge inwards Lagos.
The accident involved five vehicles; including the Toyota Hilux, whose male driver died but was yet to be identified as the LASEMA team commenced operations to evacuate the surviving female occupant of the van named Toyin.
On arrival at the scene, LASEMA officials had to extricate the occupants of the vehicle using cutters before handing the survivor over to the Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS) for first-aid treatment and subsequent transfer to the Trauma Centre by the old Toll Gate at 7up.
Other vehicles involved in the multiple car accident were a DAF Truck (LSD742 XK), Toyota Sienna (NEN 16 XQ), Ogun State Mass Transit Bus (EPE 679 XT) and another bus (OG L112).
The operation which was coordinated by LASEMA's Director of Operations, Engineer Akinsanya Olatunde was promptly completed to ensure an easy flow of vehicular activities while the remains of the deceased driver has been handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, SEHMU for deposit at the mortuary.More photos below.
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