{
  "id": 17945527,
  "title": "South Africa’s poor still queue for basic services 32 years after apartheid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/south-africas-poor-still-queue-for-basic-services-32-years-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T09:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/opinion/2026-11-03-south-africas-poor-still-queue-for-basic-services-32-years-after-apartheid/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thirty-two years after apartheid, failing basic services show that voting alone is not enough, writes Professor Usuf Chikte. He urges voters to organise locally and judge parties by their positions on inequality, accountability and international law.",
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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."
}