{
  "id": 648708,
  "title": "Overcrowded Eastbank High School short of 1,200 desks as learners burn furniture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/overcrowded-eastbank-high-school-short-of-1-200-desks-as-learners",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/education/2026-08-12-overcrowded-eastbank-high-school-short-of-1200-desks-as-learners-burn-furniture/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Gauteng Department of Education has condemned the burning of school furniture at Eastbank High School in Alexandra, where four desks and two chairs were destroyed despite the school facing severe overcrowding and a shortage of more than 1,200 desks.",
  "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."
}