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  "id": 7973984,
  "title": "Theft and vandalism cost Cape Town more than R75m in 2025/26",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/theft-and-vandalism-cost-cape-town-more-than-r75m-in-2025-26",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-09-17-theft-and-vandalism-cost-cape-town-more-than-r75m-in-202526/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cape Town spent more than R75 million repairing and replacing electricity infrastructure damaged by theft and vandalism during the 2025/26 financial year, the City says.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/awief-names-three-keynote-speakers-for-cape-town",
        "published": "2026-09-17T08:42:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/watch-cape-town-doctors-r20-000-trip-to-meet-his-online-love-gives-90",
        "published": "2026-09-17T09:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}