“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...

GOV. SANWO-OLU AT THE OPENING OF THE 15TH COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING TODAY.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.


PICTURES: GOV. BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU AT THE OPENING OF THE 15TH COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING (ALL HONOURABLE COMMISSIONERS OF BUDGET AND ECONOMIC PLANNING OF THE 36 STATES OF THE FEDERATION) AT LAGOS CONTINENTAL HOTEL, VICTORIA ISLAND, ON FRIDAY, 19 AUGUST, 2022.

PIX 1 L-R: Taraba State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Solomon Elisha; Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Senior Technical Adviser on Human Capital to the Vice President; Mrs. Yosola Akinbi and Lagos Commissioner of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube, during the opening of the 15th Community of Practice Meeting (All Honourable Commissioners of Budget and Economic Planning of the 36 States of the federation) themed: “Human Capital Development: A Panacea For Sustainable Development” at Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, on Friday, 19 August, 2022.

PIX 2 L-R: Senior Technical Adviser on Human Capital to the Vice President; Mrs. Yosola Akinbi; Lagos Commissioner of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube; Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Commissioner for Budget and Planning in: Taraba State, Hon. Solomon Elisha; Enugu State, Dr. David Okelue Ugwunta and Kwara State Commissioner for Budget and Finance, Hon. Florence Olasumbo Oyeyemi, during the opening of the 15th Community of Practice Meeting (All Honourable Commissioners of Budget and Economic Planning of the 36 States of the federation) themed: “Human Capital Development: A Panacea For Sustainable Development” at Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, on Friday, 19 August, 2022.

PIX 3 L-R: Taraba State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Solomon Elisha; Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Lagos Commissioner of Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube, during the opening of the 15th Community of Practice Meeting (All Honourable Commissioners of Budget and Economic Planning of the 36 States of the federation) themed: “Human Capital Development: A Panacea For Sustainable Development” at Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, on Friday, 19 August, 2022.
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