South Africa elections: Former President Jacob Zuma cites Mandela as he holds rally in African National Congress's heartland

He is hours late to arrive and address the 37,000 seat stadium heaving with his supporters but when former president Jacob Zuma starts to sing, the spell is recast. 'The struggle has been long. Mandela told his followers that we will meet on Freedom Day,' he sings in Zulu as the hypnotised crowd sings along. 'This is Freedom Day.' The emblem of his new party towers above him.

' Buses with thousands of his die-hard supporters from his home province and stronghold KwaZulu-Natal arrived at the Orlando Stadium in the iconic township before the sun had risen. 'MK is for the truth, ANC has done nothing for us,' one woman yells to us from the stalls. Growing frustrations around soaring unemployment, power cuts and corruption have threatened the ANC's ruling majority for the first time since South Africa voted for them in 1994.

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