{
  "id": 3749222,
  "title": "ANC races to beat IEC deadline as Eastern Cape dispute clouds election preparations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/anc-races-to-beat-iec-deadline-as-eastern-cape-dispute-clouds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T13:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-08-27-anc-races-to-beat-iec-deadline-as-eastern-cape-dispute-clouds-election-preparations/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The ANC is finalising its candidates lists ahead of Friday’s IEC deadline, with 4,488 ward and 6,000 proportional representation candidates set to contest local government elections.",
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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."
}