“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...

ADVOCATE SENTENCED FOR CORRUPTION AFTER OFFERING NPA OFFICIAL R50,000 BRIBE. (PHOTO).


 Advocate Sentenced for Corruption After Offering NPA Official R50,000 Bribe


Advocate Phuthi Given Mothemane (38) has been sentenced by the Bellville Regional Court for corruption after offering a National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) official a R50,000 bribe. His sentencing on 20 October 2025 follows his conviction in June this year.


Mothemane received nine years’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence, as well as three years of correctional supervision.


According to the Hawks, the case dates back to September 2022, when Mothemane attempted to bribe an NPA official to submit representations in favour of his client and make the State’s case disappear.


He was arrested in September 2023 by the Hawks’ Bellville-based Serious Corruption Investigation Unit after an extensive probe.


Authorities have welcomed the ruling as a strong message against corruption within the legal profession.

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