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  "id": 2979277,
  "title": "WATCH | Matlala returns to Madlanga Commission’s hot seat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/watch-matlala-returns-to-madlanga-commissions-hot-seat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T07:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/watch-or-matlala-returns-to-madlanga-commissions-hot-seat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vusimuzi 'Cat\" Matlala returns to the Madlanga Commission to answer questions, including about his controversial Medicare24 Tshwane contract with the South African Police Service (SAPS).",
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Madlanga Inquiry can’t resume without lead counsel: Matlala’s lawyer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/madlanga-inquiry-cant-resume-without-lead-counsel-matlalas-lawyer",
        "published": "2026-08-24T10:58:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mail and Guardian",
        "title": "Matlala threatens to walk out of Madlanga as lead counsel falls ill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/matlala-threatens-to-walk-out-of-madlanga-as-lead-counsel-falls-ill",
        "published": "2026-08-24T12:16:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Matlala’s lawyers threatens to walk as Madlanga Commission presses ahead with self-incrimination battle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/matlalas-lawyers-threatens-to-walk-as-madlanga-commission-presses",
        "published": "2026-08-24T12:27:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Madlanga Commission reveals how implicated figures used security firms to wield immense power",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/madlanga-commission-reveals-how-implicated-figures-used-security",
        "published": "2026-08-24T14:30:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}