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  "id": 12780764,
  "title": "Asylum seekers cannot vote in South Africa’s 2026 local elections, IEC says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/asylum-seekers-cannot-vote-in-south-africas-2026-local-elections-iec",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T03:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-08-asylum-seekers-cannot-vote-in-south-africas-2026-local-elections-iec-says/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The IEC has dismissed social media claims that asylum seekers who obtain documentation will be eligible to vote in SA’s upcoming local government elections, stressing that only eligible South African citizens may vote.",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
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        "published": "2026-10-08T04:52:00.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "SABC News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/kingdom-of-eswatini-denies-releasing-us-deportees-to-south-africa",
        "published": "2026-10-08T05:34:10.000Z"
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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."
}