“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 SLUMPS,DIES ON ROAD SIDE IN RIVERS.(PHOTO).




 Man slumps, dies on road side in Rivers 


A yet-to-be-identified man on Tuesday slumped and died by the roadside in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.


New Telegraph gathered that the incident occurred at the Rumuigbo Junction area of the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.


The development has caused remorse and worries among residents who witnessed the pathetic development.


According to an eyewitness account, the yet-to-be-identified man in his early sixties was walking by the roadside and later fell on the walkway and died instantly.


The source who gave her name simply as Grace narrated that when the said man fell, he was struggling to stand but no help came in at that moment.


Grace added that passersby who gathered around the man were only taking pictures instead of helping to save the situation.


She said: “This afternoon, the man was walking by the roadside, and later he fell down. Some people gathered around him. He was struggling to stand up but he couldn’t. He later died.


“Nobody knew him. People were afraid to touch him, because if the police come now they may arrest him for questioning. So nobody wanted a problem. The man died there.”


Grace Iringekoko who is the spokesperson of the state police command and a superintendent of police was contacted and he said police are aware of the incident, adding that it has ordered an investigation into the death.

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