{
  "id": 16606084,
  "title": "Ramaphosa dismisses DA polling, insists ANC will win local government elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ramaphosa-dismisses-da-polling-insists-anc-will-win-local-government",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T13:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-26-ramaphosa-dismisses-da-polling-insists-anc-will-win-local-government-elections/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has insisted that the party is heading for an outright victory in the upcoming local government elections, brushing aside polling that places the DA ahead in several metros as he campaigned door-to-door in Mamelodi, north-east of Pretoria, on Monday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Ramaphosa confident ANC will secure outright majority in local polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/ramaphosa-confident-anc-will-secure-outright-majority-in-local-polls",
        "published": "2026-10-26T12:05:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}