{
  "id": 15332051,
  "title": "Metro voters stayed home in 2021 – will this time be different?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/metro-voters-stayed-home-in-2021-will-this-time-be-different",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
    "slug": "moneyweb",
    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/metro-voters-stayed-home-in-2021-will-this-time-be-different/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Local election turnout hit a record low in 2021, with fewer than half of registered voters casting ballots across most metros.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}