{
  "id": 6752613,
  "title": "ANC Candidate Crisis: Is Fikile Mbalula the worst SG of the ANC?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anc-candidate-crisis-is-fikile-mbalula-the-worst-sg-of-the-anc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T11:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/opinion/2026-09-11-anc-candidate-crisis-is-fikile-mbalula-the-worst-sg-of-the-anc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Fikile Mbalula inherited an ANC already in decline, but after its historic 2024 election collapse and another candidate nomination crisis, questions about the secretary-general’s organisational record are becoming harder to ignore.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}