The African National Congress has dropped no less than R200 million on its 2009 election campaign, the party said on Friday.

ANC national executive council member, Nomvula Mokonyane, said this excluded donations.

The ruling party was preparing for its final campaign rally which it said would "set a precedent" for large-scale events.

The party expected around 400 000 people across the country to listen to ANC president Jacob Zuma's address at the Coca-Cola Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.

The Coca-Cola Stadium, as well as the adjoining Johannesburg Stadium, would be used for the rally and it would be beamed via satellite to stadiums in the eight other provinces.

Around 400 000 local and foreign journalists were expected to cover the event as well as 5000 VIPs, including foreign diplomats.

Some 15 000 people would march from the Johannesburg CBD to the stadium on Sunday morning.

There would be no fewer than 10 000 security members comprising police, metro police, and marshals, across the stadium precinct.

Mokonyane said a joint operations centre, manned by ANC security, metro police and members of the crime intelligence unit, had already been set up.

Party head of elections Fikile Mbalula said all ANC veterans would be expected to attend Sunday's rally, however he could not confirm or deny the attendance of former presidents Nelson Mandela or Thabo Mbeki.

He said the party was confident of securing a decisive victory in the elections, including in the hotly-contested Western Cape.

Mokonyane said: "The ANC is an army that never goes to battle with the intention to lose."