{
  "id": 7759257,
  "title": "Elections 2026: N1 town’s decade of decay",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/elections-2026-n1-towns-decade-of-decay",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GroundUp",
    "slug": "groundup",
    "url": "https://groundup.org.za/article/beaufort-west/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beaufort West municipality says it does not have enough money to fix its ageing infrastructure. But the problem is self-inflicted",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}