{
  "id": 18550706,
  "title": "In case you missed it: How eight metros stand | Court blow for Zuma-Sambudla | Kolisi pays tribute to Andrews",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/in-case-you-missed-it-how-eight-metros-stand-court-blow-for-zuma",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/in-case-you-missed-it-6-october-2026-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As the IEC nears completion of its results declarations, an emerging picture of which political parties will hold the upper hand in key South African metros is forming. The DA has demonstrated a strong performance nation-wide, but is only likely to secure outright mayoral control in a single metropolitan area.\n\nIn Gauteng, the DA's local frontrunner is the ActionSA party, which may now face a choice between reconciling its internal disputes with the DA, or supporting an ANC candidate who underperformed in the northern regions.\n\nMeanwhile, former MK party MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has encountered a setback in her legal battle to have criminal charges against her dropped. The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban rejected her application on Friday, 6 November 2026, leaving her facing prosecution in the terrorism trial. Judge Mbuzeni Mathenjwa dismissed her request, after hearing arguments from both sides on 29 October 2026.",
  "summary": "Catch up on the biggest stories this Friday, 6 November 2026, in our simple daily news update.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘Unjust, unfair’: Jharkhand High Court quashes cancellation of JSSC-CGL exam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/unjust-unfair-jharkhand-high-court-quashes-cancellation-of-jssc-cgl",
        "published": "2026-11-06T15:21:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Man loses High Court appeal to remain in ex-girlfriend's family home after breakup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/man-loses-high-court-appeal-to-remain-in-ex-girlfriends-family-home",
        "published": "2026-11-06T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Karnataka High Court quashes cruelty case against ‘seventh’ husband of a woman married ‘nine times’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/karnataka-high-court-quashes-cruelty-case-against-seventh-husband-of",
        "published": "2026-11-06T16:47:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}