{
  "id": 9345465,
  "title": "Macpherson says 8,465 government buildings need urgent attention as maintenance bill hits R28bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/macpherson-says-8-465-government-buildings-need-urgent-attention-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T13:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-23-macpherson-says-8465-government-buildings-need-urgent-attention-as-maintenance-bill-hits-r28bn/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thousands of government-owned buildings remain in poor or critical condition, while Macpherson says addressing the R28 billion maintenance backlog will depend on securing additional funding.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}