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  "id": 655851,
  "title": "Understanding the 12 million South Africans driving economic change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/understanding-the-12-million-south-africans-driving-economic-change",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/economy/2026-08-12-understanding-the-12-million-south-africans-driving-economic-change/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A segment of 12 million South Africans generates nearly half the country's cash-flow income - and most of them are struggling to make ends meet.",
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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."
}