{
  "id": 5120682,
  "title": "Four eThekwini employees face investigation over Metro Police recruitment irregularities allegations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/four-ethekwini-employees-face-investigation-over-metro-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T15:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/2026-09-02-four-ethekwini-employees-face-investigation-over-metro-police-recruitment-irregularities-allegations/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "eThekwini Municipality says four employees face investigation over alleged Metro Police recruitment irregularities, while disputing social media claims that R20 million changed hands.",
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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."
}