{
  "id": 6915140,
  "title": "Cracks, sinkholes and fear: Johannesburg’s battle with illegal mining",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/cracks-sinkholes-and-fear-johannesburgs-battle-with-illegal-mining",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/economy/2026-09-12-cracks-sinkholes-and-fear-johannesburgs-battle-with-illegal-mining/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Johannesburg is being undermined from below as illegal miners dig beneath the city, leaving roads cracked, sinkholes open and infrastructure increasingly at risk.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}