{
  "id": 12794461,
  "title": "Colonel promoted to Station Commander while awaiting trial for alleged assault and torture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/colonel-promoted-to-station-commander-while-awaiting-trial-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-10-08-colonel-promoted-to-station-commander-while-awaiting-trial-for-alleged-assault-and-torture/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SAPS has been asked to explain how Delmore Manuel was promoted to colonel and appointed permanently as a Cape Town station commander while facing assault and torture charges. His trial is scheduled to begin on 19 May 2027.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}