{
  "id": 2195917,
  "title": "In case you missed it: Life in Joburg gets worse | Scharnick arrested at Madlanga | Du Toit to captain Boks vs All Blacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/in-case-you-missed-it-life-in-joburg-gets-worse-scharnick-arrested-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/in-case-you-missed-it-20-august-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the latest news from Johannesburg, Mayor Dada Morero has warned that road repairs will not be prioritized due to the city's financial crisis. This comes after a Sowetan journalist opened a case of intimidation against Stuart James Scharnick, who was arrested outside the Madlanga commission in Pretoria. Scharnick is the ally of suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Meanwhile, Springboks captain Jean de Allende will make history as the 10th player to earn 100 Test caps for South Africa during the first match of the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry against the All Blacks in Johannesburg on Saturday.",
  "summary": "Catch up on the biggest stories this Thursday, 20 August 2026, in our simple daily news update.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}