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  "id": 17138498,
  "title": "Fixing SA’s broken municipalities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/fixing-sas-broken-municipalities",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T22:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-29-fixing-sa-s-broken-municipalities/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As voters prepare to head to the polls, major political parties have unveiled competing manifestos to fix South Africa's collapsing municipalities, restore crumbling infrastructure, and eradicate corruption.",
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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."
}