South Africans eager to vote as local elections put failing services in focus

South Africans were eager to head to the voting station with 3.5 million people having cast their vote by noon already. Isolated incidents disrupted the election day especially in KwaZulu-Natal where unused ballot papers were stolen. Police and the army which is on standby in that province managed to secure voting stations. So aside from minor incidents voters were eager to vote. I must vote to make a change. Woo! I will say the main thing is crime. I vote to change this crime. There's no water, no toilet. Then we need to stand united, you know, against government that is corrupt, against them that is stealing from the poor. The local government is not doing enough for our children and everything is just going backwards and backwards. We're going back to apartheid, yes. So, yes, we don't want that. We want a better life for our children out there. The election results are expected to start trickling in by late Wednesday night. Results are greatly anticipated in major metros such as Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pretoria, where we might see the ruling party ANC lose even more of its support. In 2011, the party managed to garner 60% support. This year, it is estimated to be 30%.