“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...

MAN DROWNS IN KANO WELL.(PHOTO).




Man Drowns in Kano Well 


Residents of Tukwi village Dambatta local government area, were thrown into deep mourning, following the demise of a 23-year-old man, Anas Ya'u, after drowning in a well.


The Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kano.


He explained that, the agency received an emergency call from Sani Salisu that a man had accidentally fell into a well.


He stressed that a rescue team was quickly moblized from Danbatta local government fire station.


Saminu maintained that, reports indicate that, the victim Ya'u fell into the well while fetching water to help his friend to build a house.


"We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 09:53 a.m " 


The public relations officer said, the victim was however, brought out of the well unconscious, and later confirmed dead by health officials. 


He said, the corpse has been handed over to the Ward Head of Tukwi, Alhaji Muntari Hamisu.

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