{
  "id": 9355031,
  "title": "ANC heads to ConCourt in bid to get 181 councillors on ballot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/anc-heads-to-concourt-in-bid-to-get-181-councillors-on-ballot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T14:34:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/politics/2026-09-23-anc-heads-to-concourt-in-bid-to-get-181-councillors-on-ballot/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ANC has approached the Constitutional Court to overturn an Electoral Court ruling and compel the IEC to include 181 candidate councillors on the ballot after missing the final submission step.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}