{
  "id": 6458149,
  "title": "Zuma axes MK Party task team, replaces eThekwini mayoral candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/zuma-axes-mk-party-task-team-replaces-ethekwini-mayoral-candidate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T18:41:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/2026-09-09-zuma-axes-mk-party-task-team-replaces-ethekwini-mayoral-candidate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jacob Zuma has wielded the axe again, disbanding the MK Party’s Presidential Task Team for the second time in six weeks. He also replaced the party’s eThekwini mayoral candidate, Zandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}