{
  "id": 18303925,
  "title": "A majestic beachfront standout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/a-majestic-beachfront-standout",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:43:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/ios/news/2026-11-05-a-majestic-beachfront-standout/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The old picture this week shows Durban’s Fern Villa Hotel standing alone on what was then the newly developed Oceans Beach. It was probably taken shortly after the hotel opened in 1912 and comes from Southern African nostalgia postcards.",
  "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."
}