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  "id": 17138504,
  "title": "The price of broken promises",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/the-price-of-broken-promises",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T22:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-29-the-price-of-broken-promises/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chronic service delivery failures, crumbling infrastructure, and rampant joblessness across North West municipalities are pushing frustrated residents to punish political parties at the polls.",
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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."
}