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  "id": 594278,
  "title": "Parties weigh in on expanding metro police investigative powers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/parties-weigh-in-on-expanding-metro-police-investigative-powers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-08-11-parties-weigh-in-on-expanding-metro-police-investigative-powers/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Political parties in South Africa clash over the controversial proposal to expand metro police powers for crime investigation, revealing deep divisions and strong arguments on both sides.",
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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."
}