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  "id": 3944271,
  "title": "Thabo Bester’s pre-trial hearing postponed to April next year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/thabo-besters-pre-trial-hearing-postponed-to-april-next-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T10:35:44.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/thabo-besters-pre-trial-hearing-postponed-to-april-next-year/"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bester and co-accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana appeared virtually from their respective prisons in KZN",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Here’s when Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana will go on trial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/heres-when-thabo-bester-and-nandipha-magudumana-will-go-on-trial",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:49:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GroundUp",
        "title": "Five years later: Bester prison escape trial set for April 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/five-years-later-bester-prison-escape-trial-set-for-april-2027",
        "published": "2026-08-28T12:05:52.000Z"
      }
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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."
}