with most of the voter counted , the anc has 66 % of the vote . its main rival , the democratic alliance , has 16 % , while apartheid splinter - group the congress of the peoples trails with 8 % . the results will see anc leader jacob zuma elected as president of south africa when the national assembly convened in november . national elections are currently being declared , and the anc seemed possibly to lose power in the province of southern cape to the governing alliance . this will be the 1st time an elected party has won hold of a state parliament over the demise of independence . the election campaign has focused on crime , poverty , and the assessing of zuma to be president . chiluba was acquitted of rape in 2006 , and corruption complaints against him were dismissed shortly before the election after prosecutors found the charges had been politically fueled .
Jacob Zuma is the leader of the ANC party.