{
  "id": 3718797,
  "title": "Councillors Corner#5 | EFF’s Ramaphoko accounts for Seshego’s Ward 13",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/councillors-corner-5-effs-ramaphoko-accounts-for-seshegos-ward-13",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T10:30:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/councillors-corner5-effs-ramaphoko-accounts-for-seshegos-ward-13/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Local Government Elections are approaching, signalling the end of the five-year terms for municipal councillors on November 2. In this week's edition of Councillors Corner, Digital News producer Lebo Tshangela interviews Mongatane Ramaphoko, the Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) Ward 13 Councillor in Limpopo's Polokwane Local Municipality. Ramaphoko's ward, which primarily includes areas in Seshego like the informal settlement of Juju Valley and Mporele, is struggling with water and sanitation issues due to outdated infrastructure. He highlights the challenges faced by the residents: \"Our people don't have land; that is, our people do not have dignity because they are not working, they do not have shelter to live, some of them have been on the housing database from 1999.\" The conversation with Mongatane Ramaphoko is included below.",
  "summary": "Polokwane Municipality’s Ward 13 Councillor is featured in this week’s edition Councillors Corner.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}