“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...

DAVIDO, HIS DAD & UNCLE PAYING WORKERS SALARIES IN OSUN. (PHOTO).


 DAVIDO, HIS DAD & UNCLE PAYING WORKERS SALARIES IN OSUN


Former Ondo State governor and PDP chieftain, Bode George, said the trio of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Afrobeats artiste Davido, and his industrialist father have been paying Osun workers salaries for six months.


Chief George said the trio of Davido and his father and uncle have been paying state salaries out of their personal pockets because the federal government refused to release local government funds in the state.


Bode George said the federal government is owing Osun State more than N5 billion and that the deprivation is affecting Governor Adeleke psychologically.

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