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  "id": 5008963,
  "title": "City of Cape Town ordered to pay ex-employee over R319,000 for blocking promotion opportunity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/city-of-cape-town-ordered-to-pay-ex-employee-over-r319-000-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T03:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-02-city-of-cape-town-ordered-to-pay-ex-employee-over-r319000-for-blocking-promotion-opportunity/"
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  "summary": "The Labour Court found that the City of Cape Town used an impermissible headhunting process after a failed recruitment drive, denying him a fair chance to compete for a managerial post.",
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}