{
  "id": 15368879,
  "title": "Justice department sets no date for public access to sex offenders’ register",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/justice-department-sets-no-date-for-public-access-to-sex-offenders",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T06:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-10-18-justice-department-sets-no-date-for-public-access-to-sex-offenders-register/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Justice Department says legislative changes are needed before the National Register for Sex Offenders can be made publicly accessible, with no implementation date confirmed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}