{
  "id": 9177672,
  "title": "‘They don’t want fair competition’: DA takes parties to Electoral Court over candidate lists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/they-dont-want-fair-competition-da-takes-parties-to-electoral-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T18:31:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/elections/da-parties-electoral-court-candidate-lists/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The DA has accused the four parties of attempting to exploit a provision intended to deal with unforeseen electoral gains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}