“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...

POPE LEO XIV WILL VISIT FOUR AFRICAN NATIONS; ALGERIA, CAMEROON, ANGOLA, AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA, IN APRIL, MARKING THE FIRST TIME A POPE WILL TRAVEL TO THE NORTH AFRICAN MUSLIM-MAJORITY NATION OF ALGERIA.(PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 Pope Leo's Trips 2026


March 28: Monaco

April 13-23: Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea)

June 6-12: Spain


The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo will make three trips abroad in 2026, proclaiming God's love and presence and highlighting significant themes of his pontificate: peace, interreligious dialogue, care for our immigrant brothers and sisters, and a courageous proclamation of faith in a time of growing secularization.


Through these three trips, the Bishop of Rome will have the opportunity to encounter a wide variety of countries and situations, from a Muslim nation like Algeria where Christians are a small minority and a seed of brotherhood, to Christian-majority countries located in the heart of the African continent, with their socio-economic and political problems and their joyful witness of faith.


He will make a brief visit to the world's second-smallest country after the Vatican City, Monaco, located on the French Riviera, and then travel to a major European country, Spain, whose identity was shaped by the Christian faith but is suffering from secularization. He will conclude his journey in the Canary Islands, one of the main migration routes from Africa to Europe, with tens of thousands of arrivals each year.

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