{
  "id": 5082078,
  "title": "Stats SA crime survey: Police seen as too useless or unwilling to help",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/stats-sa-crime-survey-police-seen-as-too-useless-or-unwilling-to-help",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/news/2026-09-02-stats-sa-crime-survey-police-seen-as-too-useless-or-unwilling-to-help/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New crime data reveals a widening gap between South Africans and police",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}