{
  "id": 17999443,
  "title": "SA First Forum admitted as friend of the court as judges clash over asylum detention and who gets heard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/sa-first-forum-admitted-as-friend-of-the-court-as-judges-clash-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:30:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/opinion/2026-11-03-sa-first-forum-admitted-as-friend-of-the-court-as-judges-clash-over-asylum-detention-and-who-gets-heard/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As a full bench prepares to hear conflicting rulings on asylum detention, the author argues that impoverished black South Africans are missing from the courtroom.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}