{
  "id": 733461,
  "title": "R500m Spaza Fund: What officials uncovered before a cent was paid out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/r500m-spaza-fund-what-officials-uncovered-before-a-cent-was-paid-out",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T03:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-08-13-r500m-spaza-fund-what-officials-uncovered-before-a-cent-was-paid-out/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of Small Business Development reveals that discrepancies in applications led to the rejection of funds from the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund, as SEDFA identifies non-compliant businesses",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "What officials discovered about the R500m Spaza Fund before disbursement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/what-officials-discovered-about-the-r500m-spaza-fund-before",
        "published": "2026-08-13T04:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}