{
  "id": 13061713,
  "title": "IN PICS | Torched cars, damaged businesses as anti-immigration protests rock Durban and Soweto",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/in-pics-torched-cars-damaged-businesses-as-anti-immigration-protests",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T07:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/2026-10-09-in-pics-torched-cars-damaged-businesses-as-anti-immigration-protests-rock-durban-and-soweto/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "See the scenes from Durban and Soweto as anti-immigration protests escalated, with vehicles torched, businesses damaged and police deployed to contain the unrest.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Protests break out in Soweto, several vehicles torched",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/protests-break-out-in-soweto-several-vehicles-torched",
        "published": "2026-10-08T16:00:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Cars torched as Soweto residents clash with foreign nationals [VIDEOS]",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/cars-torched-as-soweto-residents-clash-with-foreign-nationals-videos",
        "published": "2026-10-08T18:22:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "STREETS OF FURY: Ten cars torched as xenophobic violence erupts in Soweto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/streets-of-fury-ten-cars-torched-as-xenophobic-violence-erupts-in",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:20:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}