{
  "id": 9803445,
  "title": "Al Jama-ah announces Adv Shameemah Salie as CT mayoral candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/al-jama-ah-announces-adv-shameemah-salie-as-ct-mayoral-candidate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T17:06:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/al-jama-ah-announces-adv-shameemah-salie-as-ct-mayoral-candidate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Al Jama-ah, a political party, has announced Advocate Shameemah Salie as its candidate for the mayoral position in Cape Town's City ahead of the upcoming local government elections scheduled for November. During her announcement in Bonteheuwel, Salie outlined her three main priorities, which are safety, infrastructure, and service delivery. She pointed out that communities in the city continue to grapple with a variety of issues, including crime, gender-based violence, aging infrastructure, cable theft, sewerage problems, and potholes. Salie expressed her passion for addressing the marginalization and oppression faced by certain groups in the city. She highlighted the city's current infrastructure as a significant problem, as it was not designed to accommodate the current population. Salie questioned the current mayor about their plans to upgrade the infrastructure to better serve the existing housing.",
  "summary": "Advocate Salie says her three priorities are safety, infrastructure and service delivery.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}