“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...

POLICE CONFIRM EX-ZAMBIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER KILLED DURING POST-ELECTION SECURITY OPERATION. (PHOTO).


 Police confirm ex-Zambian transport minister killed during post-election security operation

Zambian police confirmed that a former cabinet minister was shot and killed in a security force raid on the home of the main opposition leader after last week's elections.


The operation was a day after the August 13 vote, which handed President Hakainde Hichilema a second term with 60 percent of ballots, according to the electoral authority.


The cabinet said last week the raid targeted a suspected militia posing "a serious threat to State security" and 11 people were rounded up.


Opposition leader Brian Mundubile, the runner-up in the poll, said it took place at his house and parliamentarian Mutotwe Kafwaya was struck by gunfire, but he had no news of him since.


The police confirmed in a statement on said that he was killed in the joint task force operation.


Security forces met with "gunfire and resistance from unknown individuals, resulting in the task force returning fire", it said, AFP reported.


"In the process one unidentified male person was fatally wounded, and the firearm was recovered."


Among the 11 people arrested were three ex-commandos with "extensive military experience", it said.


Mundubile has said the people rounded up included members of his security detail and opposition figures.


Kafwaya, 49, was a minister in the 2016-2021 government led by the Patriotic Front, a rival to Hichilema's UPND.


He was an opposition parliamentarian during Hichilema's first term from 2021 to 2026.

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