This polarizing, pothole-snorkeling gran is leading the race for Johannesburg mayor

A social-media-savvy septuagenarian is leading the race for mayor of South Africa’s largest city, speaking to a broader decline in loyalty toward the long-ruling African National Congress.

海伦·齐勒凭借嘲讽城市基础设施崩溃的社交媒体视频成为约翰内斯堡市长选举的领跑者，反映出执政党非国大支持率下滑而反对党尚未赢得多数黑人选民信任的格局。她的民主联盟预计需联合执政，种族与阶层裂痕仍是其全国化道路上的主要障碍。