{
  "id": 15723482,
  "title": "Most of Datatec’s R7-billion payout was taken in shares, not cash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/most-of-datatecs-r7-billion-payout-was-taken-in-shares-not-cash",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-20T08:45:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/datatec-special-dividend-scrip-earnings/287447/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Datatec shareholders took two-thirds of a R7.05-billion special dividend in new shares instead of cash.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "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."
}