{
  "id": 17026829,
  "title": "Black Friday bargain or debt trap? How interest could wipe out your savings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/black-friday-bargain-or-debt-trap-how-interest-could-wipe-out-your",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T07:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-10-29-black-friday-bargain-or-debt-trap-how-interest-could-wipe-out-your-savings/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Debt counsellors are urging South Africans to consider the long-term cost of Black Friday purchases, warning that credit repayments could collide with January expenses such as school fees and debit orders.",
  "key_points": [],
  "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."
}