JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South African President Jacob Zuma has warned voters they risk sparking their ancestors' ire unless they choose the African National Congress party in elections next week.

""I’ve been telling people that if you once belonged to the ANC and you leave, the ancestors of the ANC will turn their back on you and you’ll have continuous bad luck,"" he told a crowd late Friday ahead of municipal polls on Wednesday.
According to traditional beliefs, the spirits of the dead are capable of intervening in the living world, and it is therefore important for people to keep their ancestors happy.
The charismatic leader made a similar appeal in a separate rally in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan area that includes Port Elizabeth, a key electoral battleground on the southern coast.