Johannesburg's Collapsing Infrastructure Could Cost ANC the Election

Residents of Alexandra, a township in Johannesburg, are angry. Piles of rubbish rot in the heat on pavements and roads. The Jukskei River is choked with rubble and litter. Foul-smelling brown water flows from a culvert. " We've got way too many challenges," said Semadi Manganye. He is the chief executive of Alexandra Water Warriors, an environmental NGO. The group organises river clean-ups and plants trees on the banks. "If it's not electricity, it's water. If it's not water, it's waste." These problems run deep in South Africa's largest city. Voters will decide next week whether to punish the ANC in local elections.