{
  "id": 18358818,
  "title": "In case you missed it: Vote counting ‘complete’ | MK party ‘moving and grooving’ | Maumela’s Ferrari up for auction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/in-case-you-missed-it-vote-counting-complete-mk-party-moving-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T19:41:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/in-case-you-missed-it-5-november-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has announced that most of the vote counting, if not all of it, is now complete for the 2026 local government elections. As of 7pm, the results portal indicated that 50% of the votes had been counted, with IEC chair Mosotho Moepya revealing that results for 65 out of 213 municipalities have been confirmed. The slow release of the final results is attributed to procedural reasons, with IEC chair Moepya stating that any ongoing counting is being handled by the commission as they make decisions on various issues.",
  "summary": "Catch up on the biggest stories of Thursday, 5 November 2026, that you may have missed, in our simple daily news update.",
  "key_points": [
    "Vote counting deemed complete for 2026 local elections",
    "50% of votes counted by 7pm, 65 municipalities confirmed",
    "Procedural reasons delay final results release"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}