South Africans waited on election results Thursday in a ballot that the ruling African National Congress party appeared on course to win in a landslide.
South African media reported Thursday that the ANC had won around 65 percent of the vote with one third of ballots counted. Reports suggested the opposition Democratic Alliance could be on course to claim control of Western Cape province -- but the ANC was ahead in the country's eight other provinces.
"This party is an elephant. You cannot actually topple an elephant," presidential candidate Jacob Zuma told thousands of supporters at ANC headquarters in central Johannesburg, according to Reuters.com. 
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CNN's Nkepile Mabuse contributed to this report.
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