{
  "id": 1257254,
  "title": "How KZN police task teams became entangled in a deadly underworld | Madlanga Commission",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/how-kzn-police-task-teams-became-entangled-in-a-deadly-underworld",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-08-16-how-kzn-police-task-teams-became-entangled-in-a-deadly-underworld--madlanga-commission/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The commission heard allegations that task teams ostensibly created to combat Cash-In-Transit robberies were being used to target suspected CIT criminals, taxi operators and people linked to rival drug networks.",
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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."
}