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  "id": 14659584,
  "title": "Constitutional Court rules in favour of ANC in IEC candidate nomination dispute",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/constitutional-court-rules-in-favour-of-anc-in-iec-candidate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:50:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-15-constitutional-court-rules-in-favour-of-anc-in-iec-candidate-nomination-dispute/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Constitutional Court has overturned an Electoral Court ruling, directing the IEC to reinstate 181 disqualified ANC candidates on the ballot for upcoming municipal elections across six municipalities.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "IEC faces high cost of reprinting 66% of 79 million ballots if ConCourt rules in ANC’s favour",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/iec-faces-high-cost-of-reprinting-66-of-79-million-ballots-if",
        "published": "2026-10-15T05:40:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}