{
  "id": 746606,
  "title": "Ronald Lamola: South Africa aims to boost intra-SADC trade to 50% by 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/ronald-lamola-south-africa-aims-to-boost-intra-sadc-trade-to-50-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T07:22:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-08-13-ronald-lamola-south-africa-aims-to-boost-intra-sadc-trade-to-50-by-2027/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "South Africa's International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola outlines the country's strategic priorities for its SADC chairpersonship, focusing on increasing intra-regional trade, infrastructure development, and addressing migration challenges.",
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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."
}