“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...

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON IFEANYI UBAH: ANAMBRA PROGRESSIVES PLACES N20M BOUNTY.(PHOTO).


Assassination Attempt On Ifeanyi Ubah: Anambra Progressives Places N20m bounty.

The Anambra Progressives, Diaspora branch has said it will pay a sum of 20 million naira to anyone or persons who have information that would lead to the arrest of those who attempted to assassinate Senator Dr Ikemba Ifeanyi Ubah at Enugu-Ukwu on September 11.

According to a statement signed by Barr Dr Peter Nwosu, the Diaspora branch condemned the attack on the Convener of Anambra Progressives which claimed the lives of two of his aides and two police orderlies.

Barr Nwosu said anyone with useful information to the arrest of the criminals will be rewarded with N20m.

The Anambra Progressives is a group of eminent Anambra indigenes who came together to contribute to the development of the state.

 

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