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  "id": 379759,
  "title": "Secret meetings and witness flights: Inside the alleged plot to bring down SA’s top cops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/secret-meetings-and-witness-flights-inside-the-alleged-plot-to-bring",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-08-09-secret-meetings-and-witness-flights-inside-the-alleged-plot-to-bring-down-sas-top-cops/"
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  "summary": "The commission also heard allegations that Mchunu flew a key witness in a Crime Intelligence procurement probe from Pretoria to the Eastern Cape for consultations with investigators.",
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        "title": "Inside the Madlanga Commission: The alleged plot to bring down SA’s top cops",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/inside-the-madlanga-commission-the-alleged-plot-to-bring-down-sas-top",
        "published": "2026-08-09T15:00:00.000Z"
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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."
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