“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...

ANAMBRA POLICE FOILS A PLANNED CULT CLASH, ARRESTS ONE SUSPECT AND RECOVERS THREE EXPENDED CARTRIDGES AT A SHOOTING SCENE IN EZICHIKE COMMUNITY OF ABAGANA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 ANAMBRA POLICE FOILS A PLANNED CULT CLASH, ARRESTS ONE SUSPECT AND RECOVERS THREE EXPENDED CARTRIDGES AT A SHOOTING SCENE IN EZICHIKE COMMUNITY OF ABAGANA


Operatives of the Anti Cult unit of the Anambra State Police Command stationed at Enugwu Ukwu acting on credible information yesterday 25th January 2025 by 1.30 pm arrested one Maduka Okoye aged 25 years of Abagana. The team also recovered three expended cartridges of a pump action gun at a shooting scene in Ezichike Community of Abagana.


The suspect Maduka Okoye, confessed to being a member of Baggars Confraternity and said that he was in a beer parlour drinking with his friend in the area when they came under attack by members of the rival cult group identified as Axe Men Confraternity. 


Meanwhile, the Police responded swiftly and restored calm in the area. The suspect is currently assisting the Police Operatives in an ongoing operation for the possible arrest of the fleeing gang members and already identified members of the rival cult members, especially those actively involved in the shooting.


*SP Tochukwu Ikenga*

Police Public Relations Officer,

Anambra State Police Command.

Awka.


26th January, 2025

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