“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...

RUSSIA'S PUTIN HOSTS TANZANIA'S PRESIDENT SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN IN THE KREMLIN.(PHOTO).


 Russia's Putin hosts Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan in the Kremlin


Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan began a three-day visit to Russia on Wednesday, meeting President Vladimir Putin, AFP reported.


During a televised meeting with Putin in the Kremlin, Hassan described her trip to Russia as "historic."


Putin said he was pleased to see Hassan in Russia and called for the two countries to "increase trade."


Bilateral trade currently stands at just over $307 million annually, and the two countries' major joint project is a planned uranium mine that has been on the drawing board for more than a decade.


Trade, tourism, and mineral deals


A Russia-Tanzania Business Council was created in January and last month Air Tanzania announced the launch of flights from Dar es Salaam to Moscow by the end of the year.


Hassan has brought a business delegation to Moscow and hopes to cement deals in trade, tourism and minerals.


Her state visit to Russia is the first by a Tanzanian president since the country's founding father, Julius Nyerere, travelled there in October 1969.


Hassan's visit coincides with the 2026 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which the Kremlin says has attracted approximately 20,000 people from more than 100 countries. The official dates for SPIEF are June 3 to 6.

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