“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...

COMMISSIONER CHARGES TOWN PLANNERS ON MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION . (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.


 COMMISSIONER CHARGES TOWN PLANNERS ON MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 


The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide has urged Town Planning Officers posted to various MDAs to play their role in ensuring adherence to Physical Development Plans in project implementation.


He made this known in Alausa on Friday during an interactive meeting with Town Planning Officers serving in various MDAs.


He said that physical planning was the bedrock of any meaningful development and should be so respected by all Ministries,  Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of government drawing their projects from the provisions of the Master and Model City Plans.


He added that posting of Town Planning Officers to strategic MDAs such as Ministries of Transportation,  Housing,  Agriculture and Waterfront Infrastructure Development as well as the Lands Bureau and Lagos Resilience Office among others was a deliberate policy to ensure that impactful projects were executed in tandem with the provisions of the Operative Development Plans of the State.


"No state or city can have meaningful, orderly and sustainable development by default but through planning, the responsibility for which has been vested in the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development", he said. 


While urging the Planning Officers to make their impacts felt in their respective postings to provide the needed professional services and guidance, he said that the Ministry would not relent in its efforts to provide the enabling environment for better performance. 


He expressed confidence that the interactive session, which would now be held every month to review activities and compare notes, would go a long way in repositioning physical planning in allied MDAs.

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