{
  "id": 15578007,
  "title": "Ekurhuleni spends R1.27m a month guarding non-operational swimming pools",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/ekurhuleni-spends-r1-27m-a-month-guarding-non-operational-swimming",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T07:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-19-ekurhuleni-spends-r127m-a-month-guarding-non-operational-swimming-pools/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The City of Ekurhuleni is spending more than R1.27 million a month on security at public swimming pools, despite 32 of its 37 facilities being non-operational, raising questions about municipal spending and service delivery.",
  "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."
}