{
  "id": 17382905,
  "title": "Service delivery woes shape eThekwini residents’ local election choices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/service-delivery-woes-shape-ethekwini-residents-local-election-choices",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/2026-10-31-service-delivery-woes-shape-ethekwini-residents-local-election-choices/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Residents in La Lucia, KwaMashu and Phoenix are split over the November 4 local government election, citing water and power outages, crime, unemployment and poor service delivery.",
  "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."
}