{
  "id": 3964420,
  "title": "South Africa: Thabo Bester Trial Postponed Again, This Time to 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/south-africa-thabo-bester-trial-postponed-again-this-time-to-2027",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T12:15:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608280378.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Scrolla] The plea and trial of Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana has been postponed to 19 April 2027. Bester's legal team has raised concerns about prison conditions and his access to a laptop to prepare his defence.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}