00:00As voters in South Africa ready for Wednesday's local elections, basic services are top of their concerns.
00:09Residents of cities across the country say municipalities are failing to deliver water, electricity and rubbish collection.
00:19In Durban, parts of the city routinely see the taps run dry.
00:25For change. In most communities, there's no water, there's no electricity, people are struggling, so we are definitely going to
00:33vote for change.
00:34I'm hoping for more of the youth to be voting, so yeah, that's what my hope is.
00:42Local authorities blame overconsumption, ageing systems and a lack of funds.
00:48But for many voters, it's a sign that government isn't working.
00:54Everything is collapsing, honestly.
00:57So this government that we've been voting for has been in power ever since, but the country is deteriorating, it's
01:06going down on its knees.
01:07So we have to do something about it.
01:10On Wednesday, voters will get the chance to do something about it.
01:15The results, which are due from Sunday, are likely to reinforce a growing trend towards coalitions and test whether they
01:24can produce stable local councils.
01:27No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:27no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:27What is this one of them?
01:29Okay.
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