South Africa: corruption, crime and jobs top issues as voters go to polls

South Africans began voting on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress (ANC) will lose its parliamentary majority after 30 years in government.

South Africa: corruption, crime and jobs top issues as voters go to polls
An older, cleanshaven and dark complected man smiles as he drops a paper ballot into a cardboard box.

South Africans began voting on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress (ANC) will lose its parliamentary majority after 30 years in government.