{
  "id": 17064685,
  "title": "POLITICALLY AWEH: Six parties share how they’ll tackle the cost of living",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/politically-aweh-six-parties-share-how-theyll-tackle-the-cost-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:26:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-29-six-parties-share-how-theyll-tackle-the-cost-of-living/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Politically Aweh's Elections Showdown mini-series featured six political party representatives discussing their plans to tackle the cost of living, with a focus on electricity costs, transportation expenses, and municipal rates. Eddie Andrews of the DA, Cameron Dugmore of the ANC, Dereleen James of ActionSA, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng of the EFF, Dr Corné Mulder of FF+, and Songezo Zibi of Rise Mzansi proposed various solutions, including renegotiating payment plans, freezing tariffs, taking direct charge of electricity supply, and improving billing and administration. The EFF's Mofokeng emphasized the need to address safety and corruption in the city's infrastructure, while James highlighted the importance of fixing the billing system before further burdening ratepayers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}