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South Africa's Zuma to launch ANC manifesto in Mandela Bay

President Jacob Zuma speaks during the official launch of the eChannel Pilot Project of the Department of Home Affairs in Midrand, Johannesburg, April 7, 2016.

South African President Jacob Zuma launches his African National Congress's election manifesto on Saturday in Port Elizabeth, where the party risks losing an important local poll in August.

Losing power in Nelson Mandela Bay municipality would be doubly embarrassing for Zuma and his party since the area was a stronghold of the ANC's fight against apartheid and later named after its greatest liberation hero.

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