Water, migration, misinformation and an ANC in decline: Why South Africa's municipal elections matter
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South Africa holds municipal elections on Wednesday amid water shortages, unreliable electricity and widespread frustration with local services, with voters like Vatiswa Zoya saying they will abstain entirely. The vote is seen as a test of whether support for the African National Congress will keep falling after years of municipal failures. Water and power outages have become symbols of local government breakdown and a focal point of voter anger. The outcome will signal how much the ANC's decline extends to the local level and whether service-delivery failures are reshaping voter behavior ahead of national contests.
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