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  "id": 6435052,
  "title": "Phala Phala impeachment committee freezes new evidence leader process over court challenges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/phala-phala-impeachment-committee-freezes-new-evidence-leader-process",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T15:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-09-09-phala-phala-impeachment-committee-freezes-new-evidence-leader-process-over-court-challenges/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parliament’s Section 89 committee will oppose two court challenges to its decision to withdraw Thandazani Madonsela SC’s recommendation as evidence leader and will delay appointing a replacement.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Impeachment Committee votes in favour of opposing EFF application",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/impeachment-committee-votes-in-favour-of-opposing-eff-application",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:09:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "PHALA PHALA: Impeachment committee labelled an ‘extension of the Presidency’ as evidence leader dispute continues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/phala-phala-impeachment-committee-labelled-an-extension-of-the",
        "published": "2026-09-09T13:58:14.000Z"
      }
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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."
}