“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...

DAVID NABARRO, COVID-19 SPECIAL ENVOY, DIES AT 75.(PHOTO).


 David Nabarro, COVID-19 special envoy, dies at 75

David Nabarro, the World Health Organization’s special envoy for COVID-19 since the pandemic began in 2020, died at the age of 75, the WHO announced Saturday.


WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Nabarro as “a great champion of global health and health equity” and a “wise, generous mentor” to many. Nabarro also served as co-director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. During the peak of the pandemic in 2021, he urged increased global cooperation and support for poorer nations, calling the crisis “unlike anything else” in his career. Nabarro had previously run for WHO director general in 2017, finishing second to Tedros.

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