{
  "id": 13047505,
  "title": "LGE 2026: Johannesburg water and electricity failures leave residents, businesses counting the cost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/lge-2026-johannesburg-water-and-electricity-failures-leave-residents",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/city-watch/2026-10-09-lge-2026-johannesburg-water-and-electricity-failures-leave-residents-businesses-counting-the-cost/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As LGE 2026 approaches, Johannesburg residents face prolonged water and electricity outages while businesses and property owners spend hundreds of thousands — and sometimes millions — of rand on emergency measures.",
  "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."
}