“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...

EFCC CANVASSES SPECIAL COURTS TO SPEED-UP PROSECUTION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES. (PHOTO).


 EFCC CANVASSES SPECIAL COURTS TO SPEED-UP PROSECUTION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES

With the success recorded in the year 2025 by the economic and financial commission, the chairman, Ola Olukoyede says in terms of recoveries and convictions, there is need for a special court to prosecute anti corruption cases, to avoid unnecessary delays.


The chairman of the commission stated this at a reward and recognition programme aimed at appreciating personnel who performed well encouraging others to upscale the fight against corruption in the country.


With recoveries running into billions of naira, millions of dollars and hundred thousands of pound sterling and euros while convictions are in thousands, the commisssion says it will improve on the gains achieved with integrity in order to remain the nation’s foremost anti corruption agency.

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