{
  "id": 3944446,
  "title": "R228m SAPS tender scandal: Masemola and Matlala cases to merge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/r228m-saps-tender-scandal-masemola-and-matlala-cases-to-merge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T10:33:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-08-28-r228m-saps-tender-scandal-masemola-and-matlala-cases-to-merge/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The R228 million Medicare24 Tshwane tender case has been postponed to next month, when suspended national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola and his co-accused are expected to be joined in the Pretoria Regional Court by Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.",
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Masemola, co-accused back in court over R228 mln SAPS tender",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/masemola-co-accused-back-in-court-over-r228-mln-saps-tender",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:43:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Masemola, 13 co-accused back in court over R228m SAPS tender",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/masemola-13-co-accused-back-in-court-over-r228m-saps-tender",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:18:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}