{
  "id": 6263617,
  "title": "South Africa's economy shrunk in second quarter as mining and manufacturing stumbled",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/south-africas-economy-shrunk-in-second-quarter-as-mining-and",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-08T09:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/economy/2026-09-08-south-africas-economy-shrunk-in-second-quarter-as-mining-and-manufacturing-stumbled/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "GDP numbers just in: South Africa's economy contracted 0.2% in the second quarter as weakness in mining, manufacturing and trade outweighed growth across other industries.",
  "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."
}