“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...

WORLD BANK RICE PROJECT, UFUMA: BEWARE OF LAND GRABBERS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 *World Bank Rice Project, Ufuma: Beware Of Land Grabbers*


The attention of Anambra State Government has been drawn to the activities of some unscrupulous persons who have continued to deceive unsuspecting members of the public to purchase parcels of land within the World Bank Rice Project, Ufuma, claiming that it belongs to them


According to a notice issued by the Permanent Secretary, Anambra State Ministry of Lands, Mrs Nkeiru Mokwe, Esq on behalf of the commissioner,  the general public are advised to be wary of the activities of land grabebrs and/or any purported claim or release of the World Bank Rice Project, Ufuma, because the land belongs to the State Government and the Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Lands has never released any land to anyone, persons or any community in that regards, even as the said parcels of land remains the property of the Anambra State Government.


"Anyone who wants to transact on any Government land or any land in the state should visit Ministry of Lands and conduct an official search to ascertain the true position of the property".


Land grabbers and persons in the habit of encroaching on Anambra State Government land are hereby warned to desist from any further encroachment or trespass as the State Government shall take all legal steps towards recovering the said parcels of land including criminal prosecution.


 *Paul Nwosu PhD* 

Commissioner for Information,

Anambra State

September 6, 2024

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