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  "id": 648651,
  "title": "South Africa's unemployment rate rises to 33.6%, a four-year high, in Q2 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/south-africas-unemployment-rate-rises-to-33-6-a-four-year-high-in-q2",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:45:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/world/south-africas-unemployment-rate-rises-to-33-6-a-four-year-high-in-q2-2026"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 33.6% in Q2 2026, a four-year high, as unemployed persons climbed to 8.5 million and jobs fell to 16.7 million.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Data Centres Take a Beating in the US: Any Lessons for South Africa?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/data-centres-take-a-beating-in-the-us-any-lessons-for-south-africa",
        "published": "2026-08-12T05:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "14 illegal miners dead, scores injured in South Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/14-illegal-miners-dead-scores-injured-in-south-africa",
        "published": "2026-08-12T07:28:40.000Z"
      }
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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."
}