Water Crisis in Africa’s Richest City Drives Zille’s Mayoral Bid

Helen Zille, who chairs South Africa’s second-largest political party and is running to become mayor of Johannesburg, says fixing the water crisis in the continent’s richest city will be her top priority.

The no-nonsense former Cape Town mayor threw her hat in the ring at the weekend before upcoming local elections that will be a litmus test of whether her Democratic Alliance can win votes from its main rival, the African National Congress, amid voter anger over poor public services.