“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...

SUDANESE ARMY REJECTS TALKS WITH RSF, VOWS TO FIGHT ON. (PHOTO).


 Sudanese army rejects talks with RSF, vows to fight on


Yasir al-Atta, Sudanese Army’s Assistant Commander-in-Chief stated that peace will only be achieved through the defeat of the Rapid Support Forces,


 Al-Atta who leads the military operations in  Khartoum told his troops on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha to pay no heed to the media reports and rumours about the resumption of negations stressing that and proposition to return to the negotiating table is met with absolute rejection, according to Sudan Tribune.


 “True peace will be achieved through the defeat and surrender of the Janjaweed, the return of foreign Arabs to their countries of origin, and the prosecution of all those who have committed crimes,” he emphasized pointing to the unity of the army leader on this position.


Al-Atta underscored in his speech the need to distinguish between the Darfur Arab tribes and the militia the army is fighting.


“We are not fighting a tribe. And I hope the Sudanese army will never be programmed to fight a tribe. We are fighting the Janjaweed, the murderers, thieves, looters, slave traders, rapists, and all those who commit the devil’s deeds”.


“We will not postpone the war by concluding a truce and conducting negotiations, only for the war to return (again) after a year or two. No. We will gather our resolve to get rid of this nightmare, this cancer, once and for all”.

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