Security is tight after a number of ANC local councillors were shot dead - thought to be the result of in-fighting - in the final weeks of campaigning. South Africans are voting in local elections seen as a test for President Jacob Zuma and the ruling African National Congress. Some senior ANC officials have said Zuma should stand down because of the scandals and the country's weak economy. The next presidential elections are due in 2019 but Mr Zuma cannot stand because he is serving his second term. But Zuma has had to weather scandal, after being ordered to repay taxpayers' money spent on his private home.

Source: The Star August 03, 2016 10:07 UTC