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  "id": 14671090,
  "title": "IEC welcomes ConCourt ruling, says ballots for ANC candidates will be reprinted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/iec-welcomes-concourt-ruling-says-ballots-for-anc-candidates-will-be",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T10:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-15-iec-welcomes-concourt-ruling-says-ballots-for-anc-candidates-will-be-reprinted/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Electoral Commission of South Africa will reprint ballot papers affected by the Constitutional Court’s ruling allowing 181 ANC candidates to contest the November 4 local government elections, with IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya stressing the tight deadline to implement the order.",
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      {
        "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."
}