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Johannesburg residents who say their taps have been dry for up to 12 weeks march on Johannesburg Water with a memorandum

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Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 2, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.

Status history (2 events, ET)
  1. O-Score check: 8 (Barely covered) · 1 of 13 outlets counted
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The math

  1. Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
  2. Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 1 (1 with an outlet date we have not verified: Bloomberg; counted, flagged).
  3. 1 found → O-Score 8 (Barely covered). Higher means more overlooked.
ScoreMeaningMajor U.S. outlets that covered it
10Fully overlooked0 of 13 outlets
8Barely covered ← this story1 outlet
6, 5Lightly covered2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5)
4, 3Covered4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3)
2, 1, 0Widely covered6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0)

Provisional: Google News (5 term variants for AP, Reuters and The Washington Post; 3 for the others) and Bing News (5 variants, outlet domain only) were both used. AP, Reuters and CBS News block direct site search, and the other 10 outlets’ site search only loads in a live browser. A single search engine can miss articles, so this score may go down on recheck. Some matches were confirmed from headline, date and URL because the outlet blocked us from opening them.

Checked Nov 2, 2026, 5:07 PM ET · search window: 40 days back from the check.

Every outlet

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AP
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Reuters: Water, jobs and crime among key issues for South African voters (2026-11-02). Related only, not counted: a national election-issues overview. Reuters blocked opening it (HTTP 401); the headline is not about Johannesburg outages or the protest.

AP: Over 500 in South Africa sickened in outbreak linked to poor water quality (2026-10-21). Related only, not counted: a water-quality illness outbreak, not Johannesburg supply outages (also syndicated by The Washington Post). AP blocked opening it (HTTP 403).

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