{
  "id": 15731396,
  "title": "Nongoma violence leaves Afrika Mayibuye scrambling for candidates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nongoma-violence-leaves-afrika-mayibuye-scrambling-for-candidates",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T09:42:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-20-nongoma-violence-leaves-afrika-mayibuye-scrambling-for-candidates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Afrika Mayibuye’s Floyd Shivambu revealed that the party is struggling to field a candidate in Nongoma for the 2026 local elections because residents fear for their lives due to a history of political killings in the region.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}