{
  "id": 17781913,
  "title": "IEC deploys 250 teams across Amajuba District to conduct home visits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/iec-deploys-250-teams-across-amajuba-district-to-conduct-home-visits",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T10:23:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/iec-deploys-250-teams-across-amajuba-district-to-conduct-home-visits/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Electoral Commission (IEC) has distributed 250 teams across the Amajuba District in KwaZulu-Natal to perform home visits for elderly and vulnerable voters who are casting their special votes. This district encompasses the towns of Newcastle, Dannhauser, and Utrecht. Nonhlanhla Mbonane, IEC Regional Manager, reports that approximately 21,000 special votes have been registered in 221 of the district's 222 voting stations. The teams are anticipated to conduct around 6,900 home visits. Mbonane assures that the IEC's infrastructure is fully operational, having addressed issues such as water supply and lighting in voting stations. She notes that they have also prepared contingency plans for potential disasters and have collaborated with relevant stakeholders to ensure a smooth election process and voter participation.",
  "summary": "The IEC teams are expected to conduct about 6 900 home visits for special votes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}