“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...

KDSG AND ZIPLINE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL COMMODITIES IN THE STATE.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

 

Kaduna State Government and Zipline have signed a service level agreement for the distribution of medical commodities in the state. Malam Nasir El-Rufai said the agreement builds on the state’s investments in primary health care and supply chain transformation in the health sector starting from 2015, KDSG has upgraded 255 PHCs and is recruiting 3000 officers to strengthen the sector. The state has installed a Pharmagrade warehouse, run by its health supplies agencies to ease the provision of medicines, consumables and vaccines to its health facilities.
Zipline will add value to these KDSG initiatives by building distribution hubs in the state and using drones to deliver medical supplies

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