“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...

GOV. BAGO CLARIFIES DREADLOCKS REMARK, DENIES DISCRIMINATION. (VIDEO/PHOTO).

 


Governor Bago Clarifies Dreadlocks Remark, Denies Discrimination


Niger State Governor Umaru Bago has dismissed claims that his administration is targeting people with dreadlocks, stating his earlier comments were misunderstood.


Addressing concerns over recent security measures, Bago clarified that the state’s focus is on tackling cultism, not hairstyles.


“We have no issue with dreadlocks—only with the cult activities linked to them,” he said, stressing that law-abiding citizens with dreadlocks are welcome. 


He labeled the backlash as media misrepresentation, saying, “We are not driving out dreadlocks, but eliminating cultism threatening public safety.”

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