{
  "id": 7804088,
  "title": "Plan to remove defiant KZN MEC for social development set in motion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/plan-to-remove-defiant-kzn-mec-for-social-development-set-in-motion",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:46:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-16-plan-to-remove-defiant-kzn-mec-for-social-development-set-in-motion/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The process to remove KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Mbali Shinga is underway following a Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling upholding her expulsion from the National Freedom Party.",
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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."
}