“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...

COMMERCIAL FLIGHT BEGINS AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ABEOKUTA. (PHOTO).


 Commercial flight begins at Gateway International Airport, Abeokuta

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‎Local commercial  flights activities will commence at the Gateway International Airport (GWI) in Ogun State on October 7.

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The information was contained in a press release signed by the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the Ogun State Governor, Kayode Akinmade, who explained that a private commercial airline, Value Jet  has concluded arrangements with the GWI management to fly passengers from Ogun State to Abuja.

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‎The  airline is scheduled to begin two flights per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Gateway International Airport (GWI), Ogun State.

This follows the approval given to the state-of-the-art airport by regulatory agencies.

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