{
  "id": 14964252,
  "title": "IEC extends ANC candidate ruling to 32 other parties ahead of elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/iec-extends-anc-candidate-ruling-to-32-other-parties-ahead-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T12:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-16-iec-extends-anc-candidate-ruling-to-32-other-parties-ahead-of-elections/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The IEC says 6.6 million ballots remain to be printed after a court ruling on excluded ANC candidates forced changes to election preparations ahead of the November 4 polls.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Candidate ruling extended to other political parties: IEC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/candidate-ruling-extended-to-other-political-parties-iec",
        "published": "2026-10-16T13:30:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}