“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...

I'LL DECIDE ON 2023 PRESIDENCY AFTER EASTER- NGIGE.(PHOTO).


I’ll Decide On 2023 Presidency After Easter – Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said he is still consulting on whether or not he will join the presidential race. He added that he would make public his decision after Easter.

Approaching 70years of Minister Ngige, a member of the All Progressives Congress, in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, said, “I’m still consulting and will make the decision arising from it public after Lent which is Easter period.”

Pressure groups and prominent voices in the country have called on the two major political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party and the APC, to micro-zone the 2023 presidency to the South-East.


 

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