“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...

RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKE ON UKRAINIAN BUS KILLS 9, INJURES 49 – ZELENSKYY CONDEMNS ATTACK AS WAR CRIME. (PHOTO).


 Russian Drone Strike on Ukrainian Bus Kills 9, Injures 49 – Zelenskyy Condemns Attack as War Crime


A Russian drone strike hit a civilian bus in the Ukrainian city of Marhanets on Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring 49 others, Ukrainian officials said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack as a deliberate war crime, stating on X that the bus was clearly a civilian vehicle transporting workers from a mining and processing plant.


“It was an egregiously brutal attack on a civilian target – an absolutely deliberate war crime,” he said, urging an “immediate, full, and unconditional ceasefire.”


Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia launched 134 attack drones overnight across the country. Russia has not yet commented on the incident.


The strike occurred as Ukrainian officials arrived in London for talks focused on initiating a ceasefire, despite the absence of several major world powers.


Marhanets, located in south-central Ukraine, lies on the Ukrainian-held side of the Dnipro River. Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak confirmed the casualty figures.

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