{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_bhew4pwjiwvfgyyqf2uq","title":"South Africa: Five big political players in KwaZulu-Natal","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/south-africa-five-big-political-players-in-kwazulu-natal-bhew4pwjiw","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_bhew4pwjiwvfgyyqf2uq","seq":387300,"kind":"article","title":"South Africa: Five big political players in KwaZulu-Natal","url":"https://www.theafricareport.com/431853/south-africa-five-big-political-players-in-kwazulu-natal","summary":"KwaZulu-Natal is the second-biggest province in voter numbers and it caused the biggest upset in the 2024 general elections. Here are five political players to watch ahead of the 4 November local government elections.","published":"2026-09-28T08:30:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T09:20:16Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-theafricareport-com-da8533","name":"theafricareport.com","domain":"theafricareport.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7712782","name":"The Africa Report","type":"magazine","designations":["magazine"]}},"via":"kite-theafricareport-com-da8533","topics":["africa","politics"],"authors":["Carien du Plessis"],"entities":[{"id":"Q258","name":"South Africa","type":"place"},{"id":"Q81725","name":"KwaZulu-Natal","type":"place"}],"story":"st_bhew4pwjiwvfgyyqf2uq","category":"politics","category_p":0.949999988079071,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.03999999910593033,"political":0.9399999976158142}]}