“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...

CONDOLENCES POUR IN AS FORMER KADUNA GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE,SANI SHA'ABAN, LOSES WIFE.(PHOTO).


 Condolences Pour In As Former Kaduna Governorship Candidate, Sani Sha'aban, Loses Wife


Condolences have been coming in since the death of Hajiya Bilkisu Sha'aban, the wife of the former House of Representatives member representing the Zaria constituency and former Governorship Candidate in Kaduna.


Hajiya Bilkisu died after a protracted illness.


Dignitaries from across the state and beyond have paid condolence visits to the former Governorship Candidate at his residence in Zaria.


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