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  "id": 18064426,
  "title": "ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/anc-faces-anger-over-poor-services-as-south-africans-vote-in-local",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T04:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/anc-south-africa-local-elections-water-outages-power-cuts"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure. The former liberation movement, which Nelson Mandela led to power in 1994 at…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: LIVE | South Africa votes in the 2026 local government election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/local-elections-2026-live-south-africa-votes-in-the-2026-local",
        "published": "2026-11-04T01:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "South Africa votes today as IEC declares readiness for polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/south-africa-votes-today-as-iec-declares-readiness-for-polls",
        "published": "2026-11-04T01:48:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "LIVE: South Africa heads to polls amid coalition uncertainty and local government pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/live-south-africa-heads-to-polls-amid-coalition-uncertainty-and-local",
        "published": "2026-11-04T03:07:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mail and Guardian",
        "title": "Sardine fishing in South Africa on hold after mass mortality linked to virus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/sardine-fishing-in-south-africa-on-hold-after-mass-mortality-linked",
        "published": "2026-11-04T04:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "South Africans vote in local elections that could continue decline of ANC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/south-africans-vote-in-local-elections-that-could-continue-decline-of",
        "published": "2026-11-04T05:29:00.000Z"
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  "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."
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