{
  "id": 16847478,
  "title": "Mchunu’s pay and legal fees cost taxpayers at least R5.8m while on special leave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/mchunus-pay-and-legal-fees-cost-taxpayers-at-least-r5-8m-while-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-10-28-mchunus-pay-and-legal-fees-cost-taxpayers-at-least-r58m-while-on-special-leave/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has received more than R3.1m in remuneration and incurred R2.7m in state-funded legal costs while on special leave, according to a parliamentary response. Critics say taxpayers are paying for two ministerial positions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}