A year ago the Alexandra township was the scene of ethnic violence, it proved it’s reputation of toughest township right. A number of Zimbabwean migrants were killed. Alexandra still seems to be an ANC stronghold. Even though fifteen years of ANC government didn't bring much change about, they stay loyal. The one COPE militant we talked to in Alexandra spoke with sympathy about ANC-candidate Jacob Zuma.

... is 20, a smart girl with a diploma should be able to get out of the township but apparently not. When asked what the end of Apartheid changed to her live, she replied: We all queue in the same queue now, but my life didn't really change.

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Alexandra, Johannesburg’s roughest township. It’s home to South-Africa’s poorest and an ANC stronghold.

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Fifteen years the ANC has been promising change here, with little or no result. Still there seems to be little room for political opposition, not in Alexandra.

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COPE is the new opposition party of which most counterweight to the ANC is expected, that may be too much expected.

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Not to many people in Alexandra are expected to actually vote for COPE. Jacob Zuma’s appeal  is to strong even for those in the opposition.

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The share symbolism of the ANC as the party who liberated the country of white suppuration is still enormous.  But so is the disappointment.

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