South Africa's ANC faces a slump below a third in local elections as voters fume over water and power cuts
President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose party's unstable coalitions across South Africa's 257 municipalities have driven chronic failures in water, power and refuse collection.
Johannesburg, a city of 4.8 million, has endured water shortages for over a week and has had ten mayors in as many years. President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted at Sunday's final rally that the ANC was "going higher and higher," dismissing all predictions of decline.
Unstable coalitions across South Africa's 257 municipalities have driven chronic failures in water, power and refuse collection.
More than 800 people fell ill with gastrointestinal complaints after drinking tainted water in Bronkhorstspruit, east Tshwane, in October.
In Alexandra township, most young people said they had not registered to vote, citing a total lack of change.
