South Africans Threaten To Deny Ruling ANC Votes Over Electricity, Poor Services

Residents of a township outside Johannesburg, South Africa, have threatened to vote against the African National Congress (ANC)-led municipality in the November 4 local elections unless they are connected to the electricity grid.
The residents, including about 180 households that have depended on illegal electricity connections for more than 20 years, accused authorities of neglecting their community and failing to provide basic services.
Thick cables run along footpaths in the township, with residents resorting to tapping electricity from another area of Katlehong, a sprawling semi-urban settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
Community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59, said reside...