{
  "id": 15941336,
  "title": "Media wins sight of SSA’s secrecy application in R12 million state capture fraud trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/media-wins-sight-of-ssas-secrecy-application-in-r12-million-state",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T19:12:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-21-media-wins-sight-of-ssa-s-secrecy-application-in-r12-million-state-capture-fraud-trial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Media houses have obtained a redacted version of the State Security Agency's application to keep the R12 million fraud and corruption trial of former spies Patrick Mshothola and Thulani Dlomo behind closed doors.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}