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  "id": 16733340,
  "title": "El Niño puts South Africa’s struggling water systems under pressure ahead of summer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/el-nino-puts-south-africas-struggling-water-systems-under-pressure",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/news/2026-10-27-el-nio-puts-south-africas-struggling-water-systems-under-pressure-ahead-of-summer/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A forecast of hotter temperatures and below-normal rainfall could intensify pressure on South Africa’s failing municipal water infrastructure.",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/south-africa-evacuation-expenditure-smacks-of-a-grand-scheme-of",
        "published": "2026-10-27T21:25:07.000Z"
      }
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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."
}