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  "id": 18179776,
  "title": "LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Meet the power brokers in South Africa’s great coalition scramble",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/local-elections-2026-meet-the-power-brokers-in-south-africas-great",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T19:43:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-11-04-meet-the-power-brokers-in-south-africas-great-coalition-scramble/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 100 municipalities could be governed by coalitions. These party leaders will probably negotiate who runs them.",
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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."
}