{
  "id": 16861848,
  "title": "Free State Home Affairs officials accused of helping Pakistani nationals obtain SA passports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/free-state-home-affairs-officials-accused-of-helping-pakistani",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T05:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-10-28-free-state-home-affairs-officials-accused-of-helping-pakistani-nationals-obtain-sa-passports/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two Free State Home Affairs officials and a civilian face fraud and corruption charges over alleged assistance to Pakistani nationals seeking South African passports.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}