{
  "id": 15746404,
  "title": "Cape Town woman in legal battle to win back home sold to settle R400,000 defamation case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/cape-town-woman-in-legal-battle-to-win-back-home-sold-to-settle-r400",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T12:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-10-20-cape-town-woman-in-legal-battle-to-win-back-home-sold-to-settle-r400000-defamation-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Cape Town High Court judge dismissed a woman's latest bid to overturn the loss of her Strand home, but questioned the R400,000 defamation award and whether proper safeguards were applied before the property was sold in execution.",
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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."
}