The governing African National Congress is set to win the 2019 National General Elections by a huge margin in South Africa. While the country is still awaiting the final results, the ANC has come out as an outright winner in the majority of provinces. While the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, has lost some ground. CGTN's Yolisa Njamela has more.

It was expected from all corners here in South Africa that the governing ANC will take the lions' share of the vote. Pundits had however speculated that the former liberation movement will lose some support to the opposition parties. The party supporters had over time been complaining about corruption perpetuated by  ANC leaders. But the party says its ready to renew itself.

JESSIE DUARTE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, ANC "We are pleased that we've been given the mandate to go for another five years and we will make sure that the people of South Africa will not be let down."

The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, lost some ground in these National General elections. The party governs in one of the provinces, the Western Cape.

MMUSI MAIMANE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE LEADER "Even though we've lost some votes, I can guarantee that we've held the centre. We as a party will go back and work even harder to regain those votes and I will lead that project going forward."

A surprise package was the Economic Freedom Fighters. Formed only six years ago, the party has grown in leaps and bounds. From 25 members of parliament - the party will now likely have 40 or more MPS.

DALI MPOFU CHAIRPERSON, ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS "Our policies are unique. They are socialist, they are radical, they are fresh and therefore you either support us or you don't but you can't say you don't know what we stand for. We are humbled by the support we received from our people."

Vote counting is now in the final stages.

YOLISA NJAMELA IEC RESULTS CENTRE, PRETORIA "The Electoral Commission says despite the reported irregularities and the fact that for the first time since the dawn of the democratic dispensation, an audit of the results had to be undertaken - they're still happy with the process."

The IEC on Thursday announced that it had established an urgent audit to check the extent of voter fraud. The decision was taken after the commission met political parties contesting the election. The parties had raised concerns about the indelible ink supposedly being easy to remove. The commission does not believe that the audit will delay the announcement of the official results. But if that's the case?

KATE BAPELA IEC NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON "In the event that there's a need for us we will do it because you'll remember that in terms of the law, we've got seven days to release the results so we still have a grace until Tuesday."

The official ceremony to announce the final results is expected to take place on Saturday evening. Yolisa Njamela, CGTN, Pretoria, South Africa.