Soweto's Vilakazi Street is packed each day with tourists outside the home of Nelson Mandela that has been meticulously kept even as the democracy pioneer's legacy has become rundown in the decade since his death. Local resident Prosper Nkosi is among many South Africans who feel let down. "I just wish that his legacy could continue. This place hasn't changed, 10 years from now we still haven't changed much. I wish things could just improve, better up this place." With a legislative election due in months -- the 30th anniversary of South Africa's first democratic vote -- authorities are struggling to get people like Madela to register. Voter numbers have fallen with every election since the first in 1994. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES