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  "id": 11847885,
  "title": "Political parties resist pre-election coalition talks amid service delivery concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/political-parties-resist-pre-election-coalition-talks-amid-service",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sundayindependent/news/2026-10-04-political-parties-resist-pre-election-coalition-talks-amid-service-delivery-concerns/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Political parties say they will wait for the 4 November local government election results before entering coalition talks, but a University of KwaZulu-Natal analyst warns that delayed negotiations could affect service delivery.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}