{
  "id": 12123714,
  "title": "AKA and Tibz murder trial delayed after Durban court lifts malfunction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/aka-and-tibz-murder-trial-delayed-after-durban-court-lifts-malfunction",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T09:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-10-05-aka-and-tibz-murder-trial-delayed-after-durban-court-lifts-malfunction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The long-awaited trial of seven men accused of murdering rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane was briefly delayed after prisoners’ lift at the Durban High Court malfunctioned and two accused arrived late.",
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "AKA and Tibz murder trial gets under way amid defence shake-up",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/aka-and-tibz-murder-trial-gets-under-way-amid-defence-shake-up",
        "published": "2026-10-05T10:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "LIVE: AKA, Tibz murder trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/live-aka-tibz-murder-trial",
        "published": "2026-10-05T10:12:04.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}