South African vote tests ANC hold on cities, Zuma in focus

People queue at a voting station during South Africa's local government elections in Umlazi, Durban (Photo: Courtesy)

Johannesburg: South Africans voted in local elections on Wednesday that could see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its scandal-hit leader lose control of the capital and other key cities for the first time since the end of apartheid.

Many queuing in the winter cold said they were particularly worried about President Jacob Zuma's performance and the state of Africa's most industrialized economy, where one in four is unemployed the central bank expects zero growth this year.