{
  "id": 15585187,
  "title": "Fuel price hikes add to pensioners’ struggle to make ends meet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/fuel-price-hikes-add-to-pensioners-struggle-to-make-ends-meet",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-19-fuel-price-hikes-add-to-pensioners-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rising fuel prices are placing severe financial strain on South African pensioners, forcing them to stretch their Older Person's Grant and potentially restricting their access to medical care and essential services due to soaring transport costs.",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}