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  "id": 18071201,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-11-04-local-elections-2026-live-blog/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Africans are choosing the councillors who will run their municipalities for the next five years, and who will decide on water, electricity, roads, refuse collection and rates. Follow our live coverage from voting stations across the country as the count begins.",
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      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "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"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-04T04:00:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}