{
  "id": 16054549,
  "title": "Cape Town mayoral debate: Housing, crime and racism claims dominate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/cape-town-mayoral-debate-housing-crime-and-racism-claims-dominate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T13:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/lge2026/2026-10-22-cape-town-mayoral-debate-housing-crime-and-racism-claims-dominate/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cape Town’s DA-led administration faced criticism over housing, crime, policing and alleged racism during an IOL mayoral debate ahead of the 4 November local government elections.",
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/bellville-traders-take-city-of-cape-town-saps-and-anti-immigrant",
        "published": "2026-10-21T13:08:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}