{
  "id": 1755675,
  "title": "CPUT students protest at Parliament amid campus closures over tuition fees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/cput-students-protest-at-parliament-amid-campus-closures-over-tuition",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-08-18-cput-students-protest-at-parliament-amid-campus-closures-over-tuition-fees/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Students from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) have taken their protests to Parliament, demanding urgent intervention from lawmakers as violent disputes over tuition fees escalate, threatening the future of higher education for many.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "PICS: CPUT closes all campuses and orders students to evacuate residences after arson attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pics-cput-closes-all-campuses-and-orders-students-to-evacuate",
        "published": "2026-08-18T15:53:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "CPUT students take demands to Parliament",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/cput-students-take-demands-to-parliament",
        "published": "2026-08-18T16:00:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}