South Africa's ANC faces tough municipal vote over poor services


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Oct 2021

Locals walk past a heap of uncollected rubbish ahead of local government elections in Evaton south of Johannesburg South Africa October 27 2021. REUTERSSiphiwe Sibeko

Locals walk past a heap of uncollected rubbish, ahead of local government elections in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

EVATON, South Africa (Reuters) - In a township in South Africa's industrial heartland, raw sewage flows through the streets and into people's homes.

Dilapidated infrastructure and poor services in areas that have traditionally been strongholds of the governing African National Congress (ANC) could hurt it in municipal elections on Monday.

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