{
  "id": 6278681,
  "title": "Bought for R21 000, sold for R9.5 million: tribunal invalidates eThekwini housing deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/bought-for-r21-000-sold-for-r9-5-million-tribunal-invalidates",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T11:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-08-bought-for-r21-000-sold-for-r95-million-tribunal-invalidates-ethekwini-housing-deal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Special Tribunal has struck down housing arrangements in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal, after an SIU investigation found that three service providers benefited by more than R29 million from the eThekwini Municipality’s low-cost housing programme.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}