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  "id": 3191159,
  "title": "Matlala legal standoff overshadows fresh questions at Madlanga Commission",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/matlala-legal-standoff-overshadows-fresh-questions-at-madlanga",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T04:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-08-25-matlala-legal-standoff-overshadows-fresh-questions-at-madlanga-commission/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Matlala’s testimony remains under pressure as the commission weighs his self-incrimination rights against its mandate to question him.",
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Matlala’s legal team threatens to walk out of Madlanga Commission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/matlalas-legal-team-threatens-to-walk-out-of-madlanga-commission",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:36:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}