{
  "id": 17673887,
  "title": "LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Thirteen mayoral candidates, plenty of blame and a crowd of fed-up residents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/local-elections-2026-thirteen-mayoral-candidates-plenty-of-blame-and",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-01T20:40:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-11-01-thirteen-mayoral-candidates-plenty-of-blame-and-a-crowd-of-fed-up-residents/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Days before local government elections, Nelson Mandela Bay’s mayoral hopefuls faced residents’ anger over coalition instability, political interference and failing services at Daily Maverick’s The Bay’s Big Election Debate. But when challenged on how they would stabilise the administration and get the metro working again, many had more accusations than answers.",
  "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."
}