{
  "id": 13083693,
  "title": "Legal Aid SA funding cuts put pressure on court services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/legal-aid-sa-funding-cuts-put-pressure-on-court-services",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T09:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-10-09-legal-aid-sa-funding-cuts-put-pressure-on-court-services/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Legal Aid SA is facing mounting funding and staffing pressures, raising concerns about court coverage, growing workloads and its ability to provide legal assistance to people who cannot afford private lawyers.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}