‘No water, no roads’: Rural South Africans turning back on ANC?

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00:00 Nkolo Kolo is a small, isolated village in the Zulu province.

00:04 Mbongeni was born here. He dreams of decent roads, but above all, a bridge.

00:10 Residents have to cross the river, which often floods, to do their shopping or go to school.

00:16 Five people have died here in the past 10 years.

00:20 To cross the river is also dangerous for the elderly.

00:25 This mother and grandmother no longer have access to medical care.

00:30 The residents meet regularly to organize among themselves, but they are alone.

00:35 Their ANC councillor resigned a few months before the elections.

00:39 No one has repaired the roof after the crash, and there is no running water in the village.

00:44 All the three months we don't have water. The water tankers didn't come and deliver the water,

00:50 and we don't have the right road. I think you see the road on that side.

00:54 The water gun can't come here.

00:56 Mbongeni is keen to introduce us to a family whose only means of survival is social grants.

01:02 The mother and daughter have three children to feed.

01:05 Like half of all South Africans, they live below the poverty line.

01:09 We very, very, very cross the people.

01:11 The people of Nkolo Kolo have been voting.

01:14 They seem determined not to support the ruling party.

01:17 But to have cast their vote, villagers, including the elderly,

01:21 First I had to cross the river to reach the polling station.

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