{
  "id": 16341142,
  "title": "Malema calls for free water and electricity for grant beneficiaries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/malema-calls-for-free-water-and-electricity-for-grant-beneficiaries",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-24T15:35:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/malema-calls-for-free-water-and-electricity-for-grant-beneficiaries/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has renewed his demand for social grant recipients to be relieved of the burden of paying for water and electricity. Addressing supporters at a rally in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has advocated for the taxpayer-funded grants to not be used to finance municipal services. The EFF official made the remarks during his speech at the Tshela Thupa rally held at KaMaqhekeza Stadium. Malema urged voters to cast their ballots for the EFF in the upcoming local government elections on November 4th, emphasizing that the party's Nkomazi mayoral candidate, Mafia Fane, is young, dynamic, and capable of tackling the municipality's service delivery issues. \"We gave you a young person,\" Malema stated, \"We gave you the energy, the energy that you want. You have to give yourself a reason why you are going to vote for the EFF.\"",
  "summary": "Malema has called on the electorates to vote for the EFF and remove the African National Congress",
  "key_points": [
    "Julius Malema demands free water and electricity for grant beneficiaries.",
    "EFF leader makes remarks at Nkomazi rally in Mpumalanga.",
    "Vote for EFF in local elections on November 4th, says Malema."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}