“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...

TEARS AS BANDITS KILL SCORES, ABDUCT MANY VILLAGERS IN ZAMFARA COMMUNITY.(PHOTO).


Tears As Bandits Kill Scores, Abduct Many Villagers In Zamfara Community

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists attacked
Kwatar community, close to Gidan Zala,
Kotorkoshi district of Bungudu Local
Government Area in Zamfara State, killing
scores and kidnapping many villagers.

DAILY POST reliably gathered that the
bandits invaded the community in the wee
hours of Friday without security operatives
intervention.

According to a police officer from the
village, Ismaila, many villagers were killed
while some were kidnapped, with many
escaping with various degrees of injuries in
the deadly operation by the terrorists.

“My father, elder brother and his wife were
also killed along with many villagers in the
attack”, he added.

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