“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...

BANDITS KILL SOLDIER,ABDUCT ZIMBABWEAN,ONE OTHER IN KADUNA.(PHOTO).


Bandits Kill Soldier, Abduct Zimbabwean, 1 Other In Kaduna

Bandits in large numbers invaded a farm in Anchau town of Kubau local government area of Kaduna State at the weekend, killed a soldier and abducted two officials of the farm.
 
LEADERSHIP gathered that one of the civilians abducted is a Zimbabwean national while the other is a Nigerian.

It was gathered that the bandits had entered an agreement after multi-million naira levy on Kaduna farmers to allow them farm had been breached.

The bandits according to a source invaded the company around 1:30pm on Wednesday.
‎A vigilante member working in the community identified the Zimbabwean as Mr Charles Choko.
‎“They bandits attacked and killed a soldier working in the farm any and also Kidnapped one Mr Charles Choko from Zimbabwe and one Yusuf Aliyu Bello from Kano state,” he said.
A local who pleaded anonymity disclosed that he saw a team of security agencies on Friday ‎going into the nearby bush in search of the abducted victims.

The chairman of the local government, Basher Suleiman Zuntu, failed to pick up his calls to react to the incident.
‎Kaduna State police spokesman, DSP Muhammed Jalige, did not respond to calls at the time of filing this report.



 

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