{
  "id": 9521824,
  "title": "Johannesburg ready to write-off R1.2 billion in customer debt – Here’s how to apply",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/johannesburg-ready-to-write-off-r1-2-billion-in-customer-debt-heres",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T08:11:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/johannesburg-write-off-r1-2-billion-customer-debt-how-to-apply/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Residents and businesses can have up to 50% of their debt scrapped, while pensioners can have 100% of their debt cleared.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}