{
  "id": 648706,
  "title": "Broadband Alone Won't Build South Africa's Digital Future",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/broadband-alone-wont-build-south-africas-digital-future",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/technology/opinion/2026-08-12-broadband-alone-wont-build-south-africas-digital-future/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Africa’s partnerships to expand broadband access in schools represent an important step towards closing the digital divide. However, research from the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa shows that internet connectivity alone cannot deliver genuine digital inclusion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}