{
  "id": 17034069,
  "title": "Cable thieves cost Joburg R236m as one in five power outages linked to crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/cable-thieves-cost-joburg-r236m-as-one-in-five-power-outages-linked",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T08:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/energy/2026-10-29-cable-thieves-cost-joburg-r236m-as-one-in-five-power-outages-linked-to-crime/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cable theft and vandalism cost City Power R236 million in the past financial year, as the entity warns that criminal activity, ageing substations and damage to infrastructure continue to threaten reliable power supply across Johannesburg.",
  "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."
}