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  "id": 14656470,
  "title": "BREAKING | ConCourt overturns exclusion of 181 ANC councillor candidates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/breaking-concourt-overturns-exclusion-of-181-anc-councillor-candidates",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/2026-10-15-breaking--concourt-overturns-exclusion-of-181-anc-councillor-candidates/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Constitutional Court has overturned the exclusion of 181 ANC candidates in six municipalities, allowing them to contest South Africa’s 4 November 2026 municipal elections.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "ConCourt to rule on ANC bid to reinstate 181 candidates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/concourt-to-rule-on-anc-bid-to-reinstate-181-candidates",
        "published": "2026-10-15T04:13:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "One click, 181 candidates: ConCourt to rule on ANC’s election-list fiasco",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/one-click-181-candidates-concourt-to-rule-on-ancs-election-list-fiasco",
        "published": "2026-10-15T06:06:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}