{
  "id": 4547037,
  "title": "South Africa: ANC Devours Itself From Within As Voters Steadily Turn Their Backs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/south-africa-anc-devours-itself-from-within-as-voters-steadily-turn",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T01:27:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608310001.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Daily Maverick] Factional warfare, patronage battles and years of electoral decline have left the party on its last legs as it heads for a bruising outcome in South Africa's municipal elections in November.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}