Zuma's party guns for ANC stronghold in South Africa vote

An ANC supporter looks at a campaign meeting roll call in Philipstown, South Africa. [Marco Longari, AFP]

In a village nestled in the mountains of South Africa's hotly-contested Kwazulu-Natal province, former President Jacob Zuma's new party has campaigned relentlessly to win voters away from his old one, the ruling ANC.

Rival tents pitched by the two parties outside a local school serving as a polling station blasted party songs welcoming early voters they hoped to sway.