“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...

RIVERS STATE CHIEF JUDGE DECLINES HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY'S REQUEST TO PROBE GOVERNOR FUBARA AND DEPUTY. (PHOTO).


 RIVERS STATE CHIEF JUDGE DECLINES HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY'S REQUEST TO PROBE GOVERNOR FUBARA AND DEPUTY


The Rivers Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi has declined House of Assembly's Request to probe Governor Siminalayi Fubara and deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu.

This is contained in a letter personally signed by him and addressed to the speaker, Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule.

The State chief judge in the letter acknowledged receipt of the House's resolution requesting him to set up a seven-man panel against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, but stated that he is restrained by a subsisting court order.

He also cited an appeal by Speaker Martin Amaewhule which has been Lodged against the said interim order at the court of appeal Port Harcourt Division, noting that he has been served with the notices.

In view of the notice of appeal, the Rivers State Chief judge in the letter, stated that his hand is fettered, as there are subsisting interim orders of Injunction and appeal against the said orders, hence he is legally disabled from exercising his duties under section 188 (5) of the Constitution in the instant.

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