{"id":968541,"date":"2025-09-16T04:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?page_id=968541"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:43:33","slug":"parties-and-candidates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/parties-and-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Parties and Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"968541\" class=\"elementor elementor-968541\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e69b09c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"e69b09c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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