S.Africa holds local polls set to challenge the ANC

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An early voter casts her ballot at the Mklomelo Secondary school in Folweni near Durban, on October 30, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The historic ANC is no longer basking in the glory of its struggle against white-minority rule, which ended with Nelson Mandela's election in 1994.

  • High-placed party members, including ex-president Jacob Zuma, have been fingered in a number of corruption scandals -- the latest linked to coronavirus spending.