{
  "id": 18452142,
  "title": "Ipsos: 55% of registered voters distrust South Africa’s local governments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/ipsos-55-of-registered-voters-distrust-south-africas-local-governments",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/the-star/news/2026-11-06-ipsos-55-of-registered-voters-distrust-south-africas-local-governments/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Africa's local government elections have exposed a deep crisis of trust, with voters demanding change after years of poor service delivery, corruption and broken promises. An Ipsos study found that 55% of registered voters distrust their local governments.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/south-africas-anc-party-on-track-to-face-nightmare-losses-in",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:15:07.000Z"
      },
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        "published": "2026-11-06T07:29:12.000Z"
      }
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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."
}