{
  "id": 636481,
  "title": "Joburg freeze: City Power outages double to 6 000 as cold snap bites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/joburg-freeze-city-power-outages-double-to-6-000-as-cold-snap-bites",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T05:25:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/joburg-freeze-city-power-outages-double-cold-snap-bites/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Freezing cold snap has pushed electricity demand beyond the grid's limits.",
  "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."
}