“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...

ANAMBRA STATE GOVT RECIEVES DISPLACED NDI ANAMBRA FROM JOS,PLATEAU STATE.{PHOTOS}.

In keeping to its commitment of securing life and property of ndi Anambra and true to its promise, the government of Anambra State has today, Friday, 3rd September, 2021, received ndi Anambra who returned from Jos, Plateau State, following the abrupt closure of the University of Jos by the authorities due to the communal crises in Plateau State. 


The evacuees were received by a state government delegation led by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenement, Mr. C. Don Adinuba at  the GUO park in Awka.


Recall that on August, 24, 2021, the State government had announced plans to evacuate ndi Anambra who are stranded in Jos.


For greater efficiency, the evacuation was handled by Anambra State Liaison Office, Abuja and GUO Transport Company.


Recieving the students on behalf of the State government, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. C. Don Adinuba revealed that the contingent is the third set of evacuees from Jos, but the first set from GUO, stressing that Governor Willie Obiano had directed that every Anambra indigene who feels his or her life is threatened is free to come home, assuring that the state government is prepared to pay for their transport fare.

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