{
  "id": 17953026,
  "title": "EThekwini won’t say what it pays plumbing middlemen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/ethekwini-wont-say-what-it-pays-plumbing-middlemen",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:52:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GroundUp",
    "slug": "groundup",
    "url": "https://groundup.org.za/article/ethekwini-wont-say-what-it-pays-plumbing-middlemen/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Plumbers question the value and sense of the appointment of a panel of companies to manage them on behalf of the municipality",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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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."
}