World | Jacob Zuma Zuma Poised for Victory in South Africa ANC wins big majority, but final result remains unclear By Jason Farago Posted Apr 23, 2009 6:52 AM CDT Copied African National Congress president Jacob Zuma, right, casts his ballot at the Ntolwane primary school in the village of Kwanxamabala, South Africa, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) Jacob Zuma is on course to be the next president of South Africa, reports the Mail and Guardian, as early results from yesterday's election show his African National Congress capturing just under 65% of votes cast. While Zuma's victory was never in doubt, it remains uncertain whether the ANC will maintain its two-thirds majority in parliament, which allows it to amend the constitution. With one in five ballots counted, the opposition Democratic Alliance had 17.9%, while the Congress of the People, which broke from the ANC, had 7.75%. But in provincial elections, the Democratic Alliance has wrested control of Western Cape, the country's most ethnically diverse province, in what one analyst called "a blow for the ANC." Zuma is expected to address supporters later today. Read These Next Actor Michael Madsen is dead at 67. Soccer star Diogo Jota is killed in a car crash. A teen pilot landed on his 7th continent and immediately got detained. Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Report an error