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  "id": 18311947,
  "title": "COVID informal settlement residents boycott election over lack of services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/covid-informal-settlement-residents-boycott-election-over-lack-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-05T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/lge2026/2026-11-05-covid-informal-settlement-residents-boycott-election-over-lack-of-services/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Residents of COVID informal settlement protested on election day, saying years of unfulfilled promises have left them without reliable water and electricity.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}