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  "id": 14160841,
  "title": "South Africa’s coalition governments are more durable than expected, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/south-africas-coalition-governments-are-more-durable-than-expected",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T08:45:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/city-watch/2026-10-13-south-africas-coalition-governments-are-more-durable-than-expected-study-finds/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new Mistra study of 80 municipalities finds that coalitions excluding the largest party collapsed at roughly four times the rate of those that included it.",
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        "outlet": "Phys.org",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/zimbabwes-dinosaurs-were-different-from-south-africas-new-species",
        "published": "2026-10-11T00:30:01.000Z"
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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."
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