{
  "id": 6907969,
  "title": "Three years, R192m and counting: The long road to reopening Lilian Ngoyi Street",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/three-years-r192m-and-counting-the-long-road-to-reopening-lilian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-09-12-three-years-r192m-and-counting-the-long-road-to-reopening-lilian-ngoyi-street/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "What was initially a road rehabilitation project following the deadly 2023 Lilian Ngoyi Street gas explosion has grown into a costly and prolonged infrastructure overhaul, leaving questions over the R192 million price tag and why the project is still unfinished three years later.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}