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  "id": 1458633,
  "title": "Mastercard SME Confidence Index: South Africa’s SMEs put digital tools at the heart of their growth plans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/mastercard-sme-confidence-index-south-africas-smes-put-digital-tools",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/mastercard-sme-confidence-index-south-africas-smes-put-digital-tools-at-the-heart-of-their-growth-plans/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new Mastercard SME Confidence Index shows South African SMEs are embracing digital payments and remain optimistic about growth over the next year.",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/over-4-200-undocumented-migrants-intercepted-at-south-africas-borders",
        "published": "2026-08-17T06:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}