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  "id": 17938367,
  "title": "The seven questions voters should ask before municipal elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/the-seven-questions-voters-should-ask-before-municipal-elections",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/opinion/2026-11-03-the-seven-questions-voters-should-ask-before-municipal-elections/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Before voting in municipal elections, residents should assess service reliability, infrastructure maintenance, billing, accountability and whether political promises are backed by credible plans.",
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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."
}