South Africa's ANC losing support in 'Mandela Bay' heartland

South African President Jacob Zuma addresses supporters of his ruling African National Congress (ANC), at a rally to launch the ANC's local government election manifesto in Port Elizabeth, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

KWAZAKHELE, South Africa (Reuters) - Unemployed South African labourer Xolisa Sacu has given up waiting for the housing, services and jobs that the African National Congress has been promising his rubbish-strewn township since the end of apartheid 22 years ago.

Zakhele township is like many rundown areas of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality where the ANC is at risk of losing a local election in August, almost unthinkable two decades ago when the area was at the heart of the anti-apartheid struggle.