{
  "id": 11386078,
  "title": "From moneylenders to merchants: the debt networks shaping Indian life in colonial Natal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/from-moneylenders-to-merchants-the-debt-networks-shaping-indian-life",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/2026-10-02-from-moneylenders-to-merchants-the-debt-networks-shaping-indian-life-in-colonial-natal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Debt, contract labour and unequal trading relationships shaped the lives of Indian indentured workers and migrants in colonial Natal, while intermediaries, merchants and former labourers navigated a harsh economic system.",
  "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."
}