{
  "id": 15607049,
  "title": "IOL Town Hall: ActionSA’s Xolani Khumalo confronts Ekurhuleni mayor over women’s killings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/iol-town-hall-actionsas-xolani-khumalo-confronts-ekurhuleni-mayor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T13:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-10-19-iol-town-hall-actionsas-xolani-khumalo-confronts-ekurhuleni-mayor-over-womens-killings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ActionSA mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo has confronted Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza for failing to ensure public safety, saying the recent killings of women in Kempton Park happened under his watch.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "IOL town hall debate puts Ekurhuleni mayoral candidates on the spot ahead of local elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/iol-town-hall-debate-puts-ekurhuleni-mayoral-candidates-on-the-spot",
        "published": "2026-10-19T09:05:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}