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  "id": 12866420,
  "title": "How Merebank’s community built a school from the ground up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/how-merebanks-community-built-a-school-from-the-ground-up",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-10-08-how-merebanks-community-built-a-school-from-the-ground-up/"
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  "summary": "Long before state support was adequate, Merebank residents pooled money, labour and land to establish and expand a school that became a centre of education and community life.",
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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."
}