ANC projected to fall below a third of the vote in South Africa's local elections

South Africans cast ballots Wednesday in municipal elections, with polls projecting the African National Congress to win less than a third of the vote.

• Polls project the African National Congress to win less than a third of the vote, down from 45.6% at the 2021 municipal elections.
• President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday the ANC was "going higher and higher" and would "show those naysayers" in Wednesday's vote.
• Jacob Zuma vowed Sunday that his uMkhonto weSizwe party would take control of a number of municipalities after the election.
• Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille, campaigning to become Johannesburg mayor, said "towns and cities that work best are under DA governance."