{
  "id": 10896209,
  "title": "South Africans are taking home less in real terms – here’s what the average worker earns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/south-africans-are-taking-home-less-in-real-terms-heres-what-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/jobs/2026-09-30-south-africans-are-taking-home-less-in-real-terms-heres-what-the-average-worker-earns/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Average take-home pay fell in August, while salaries have declined by more than 2% in real terms so far this year.",
  "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."
}