“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. SOLUDO SUSPENDS TEACHER'S RECRUITMENT OVER IRREGULARITIES. (PHOTO).


Soludo Suspends Teachers’ Recruitment over Irregularities

Irked by the irregularities that has characterized the recruitment of teachers in the state, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has suspended the exercise for the second time running, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports.

It was gathered on Monday that the directive for the cancellation was with immediate effect. The development has made applicants to panic, as they do not know their fate.

About 40,000 applicants applied for the online job the first time, while 31,800 were shortlisted for interview.

But following what played out during the first exercise, the governor angrily suspended the exercise, as he wanted to get it right for the state.

The Governor wants a transparent exercise about the recruitment.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Education released a list of about 5,000 recruited teachers, which sparked condemnation across the state.

Contacted, Information Commissioner Sir Paul Nwosu did not pick his calls.

But a senior officer in the Ministry of Education, who did not want to be quoted, confirmed the directive to the media.

The source said some people had made it a point of duty to frustrate Soludo, adding that it would not work because the governor was serious in getting the best for Ndi Anambra.

 

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