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  "id": 15718286,
  "title": "South Africa: Elections 2026 - Meriting Families Demand Electricity After Deadly Illegal Connections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/south-africa-elections-2026-meriting-families-demand-electricity",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T07:42:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610200271.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Health-e] Meriting residents: \"lllegal electricity connections claimed 9 lives this year.' Families in Meriting have been waiting for electricity for almost a decade. City Power says electrification depends on municipal planning processes.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Health-e News",
        "title": "Elections 2026 | Meriting families demand electricity after deadly illegal connections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/elections-2026-meriting-families-demand-electricity-after-deadly",
        "published": "2026-10-20T05:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}