"I am to be amongst the people who are voting in this country," says one South African voter as the nation goes to the polls in local elections expected to reflect growing discontent with the African National Congress, whose popularity has been waning even before deadly riots in July. Polls suggest a majority of voters could for the first time turn against the ANC, which has governed nationally since Nelson Mandela's election ended white rule in 1994. +TO COMPLETE VIDI9QR9L4_EN+ IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES