{
  "id": 17206701,
  "title": "Government considers raising free electricity allocation to 200–300kWh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/government-considers-raising-free-electricity-allocation-to-200-300kwh-17206701",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/news/2026-10-30-government-considers-raising-free-electricity-allocation-to-200300kwh2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says government is considering raising free basic electricity from 50kWh to between 200kWh and 300kWh per qualifying household, but no decision has been made.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}