Cape Town, Dhu-AlQa'dah 02, 1437, August 05, 2016, SPA -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is facing painful losses in four key cities and various municipalities, after around 80 per cent of local election results were counted on Thursday, according to dpa. The ANC continued to lead the countrywide vote count at around 54 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results from Wednesday's polls. But the main opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA), had made major headway, garnering around 27 per cent. Final results are expected on Friday. --SPA 00:38 LOCAL TIME 21:38 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w