“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...

ICE DETAINEE DIES IN TEXAS DETENTION FACILITY IN WHAT AGENCY CALLS A PRESUMED SUICIDE. (PHOTO.


 ICE detainee dies in Texas detention facility in what agency calls a presumed suicide

An undocumented immigrant from Nicaragua died while being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, according to federal officials. ICE said Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, died on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana, a large tent-based detention complex located at Fort Bliss in El Paso. The agency described the death as a “presumed suicide,” though it said the official cause remains under investigation. Diaz had entered the United States illegally in March 2024 and was ordered removed in absentia by an immigration judge in August 2025.

ICE said Diaz had been in federal custody since Jan. 6, when officers encountered him in Minneapolis during intensified immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota. He was arrested for an immigration violation and processed as a final order of removal on Jan. 12. Two days later, security staff found him unconscious and unresponsive in his housing area. ICE said on-site medical personnel and El Paso emergency responders attempted life-saving measures, but Diaz was pronounced dead. The agency said his death was the second reported this month at Camp East Montana, following the Jan. 3 death of 55-year-old Cuban national Geraldo Lunas Campos, who died after experiencing medical distress. Both cases remain under investigation by authorities.


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