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  "id": 12309998,
  "title": "Boipatong sewage crisis finally gets authorities’ attention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/boipatong-sewage-crisis-finally-gets-authorities-attention",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/opinion/boipatong-sewage-crisis-finally-gets-authorities-attention/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Jack Bloom has taken the first steps to get to the bottom of the Boipatong sewage crisis.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Bloom intervenes after Boipatong residents exposed to sewage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/bloom-intervenes-after-boipatong-residents-exposed-to-sewage",
        "published": "2026-10-06T05:40:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "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."
}