# ANC faces voter anger over poor services in South African local elections

https://mins.news/en/item/128359

- The Guardian, 2026-11-04 04:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/anc-south-africa-local-elections-water-outages-power-cuts

> South Africans vote in local elections amid frustration over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure. Polls put the African National Congress below a third of the vote, though it is still expected to be the largest party. Fragmented voting could leave it leading some city coalitions while losing control elsewhere.

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