{
  "id": 19651817,
  "title": "IEC warns parties could forfeit PR council seats over candidate shortages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/iec-warns-parties-could-forfeit-pr-council-seats-over-candidate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-11-12-iec-warns-parties-could-forfeit-pr-council-seats-over-candidate-shortages/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parties with too few nominated candidates to fill their proportional-representation seats have until 5pm on Wednesday to submit additional names, the IEC says.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}