{
  "id": 13677228,
  "title": "'I will keep working until I am 70': Police diver 'Pottie' Potgieter on crocodiles, hippos and a life of service",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/i-will-keep-working-until-i-am-70-police-diver-pottie-potgieter-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-11-i-will-keep-working-until-i-am-70-police-diver-pottie-potgieter-on-crocodiles-hippos-and-a-life-of-service/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Veteran police diver Johan “Pottie” Potgieter, who made headlines after being lowered from a helicopter into the crocodile-infested Komati River in Mpumalanga, has vowed to continue working until he is 70.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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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."
}