{
  "id": 11364765,
  "title": "McKenzie chooses cricket event over Parly's audit grilling, deputy and DG also absent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/mckenzie-chooses-cricket-event-over-parlys-audit-grilling-deputy-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T04:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/2026-10-02-mckenzie-chooses-cricket-event-over-parlys-audit-grilling-deputy-and-dg-also-absent/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sport, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie was nowhere to be seen when the Auditor-General told Parliament on Thursday that his department was not keeping proper track of the money it hands out, with fraud confirmed in some cases.",
  "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."
}