Pipe Story

As voters cast their ballots in South Africa' s local government elections on Monday 1 November, water trickles from a broken pipe in the upscale suburb of Parkhurst, Johannesburg.
Despite campaigning on promises of fixing the city's ailing water, electricity and road infrastructure, none of the representatives from the three parties contesting the ward knew anything about this damaged pipe which has been leaking water for more than a week just blocks from the polling station.