{
  "id": 1889688,
  "title": "Apology to former deputy minister Obed Bapela",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/apology-to-former-deputy-minister-obed-bapela",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T07:54:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/apology-to-former-deputy-minister-obed-bapela/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Citizen published an article on 2 August 2026 titled \"ANC veteran's R1bn Prasa security deal under scrutiny\", raising concerns about questionable security contracts awarded by Prasa to a politically connected security group led by ANC veteran Paul Langa. However, the publication inadvertently used a picture of former deputy minister of public enterprises Obed Bapela, believing it to be of Langa. Upon discovery and correction, The Citizen confirmed that there is no connection between Bapela and the article's subject matter. The outlet sincerely apologises to Bapela for the unintentional error and any embarrassment it may have caused.",
  "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."
}