{
  "id": 14883916,
  "title": "Municipal debt has doubled despite govt interventions, says Eskom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/municipal-debt-has-doubled-despite-govt-interventions-says-eskom",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/city-watch/2026-10-16-municipal-debt-has-doubled-despite-govt-interventions-says-eskom/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eskom says at R122bn, municipal debt has more than doubled over the past three years despite several interventions.",
  "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."
}