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  "id": 8976247,
  "title": "42 Cape Town construction projects hit by extortion and ‘construction mafia’ activity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/42-cape-town-construction-projects-hit-by-extortion-and-construction",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-09-21-42-cape-town-construction-projects-hit-by-extortion-and-construction-mafia-activity/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says 42 Cape Town construction or infrastructure projects were affected by extortion, intimidation or alleged construction-mafia activity over the past five financial years.",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/cape-town-shooting-leaves-three-dead-and-one-wounded",
        "published": "2026-09-21T09:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/groundup-this-eastern-cape-town-only-gets-water-for-an-hour-a-day",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:16:40.000Z"
      }
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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."
}