{
  "id": 14971911,
  "title": "IEC says it was not intimidated by ANC over candidate dispute",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/iec-says-it-was-not-intimidated-by-anc-over-candidate-dispute",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-16-iec-says-it-was-not-intimidated-by-anc-over-candidate-dispute/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The IEC says its decision to extend a Constitutional Court ruling involving 181 excluded ANC candidates to 32 other political parties was guided by its mandate to ensure free and fair elections, rejecting suggestions that it was intimidated by the ANC.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}