{
  "id": 760876,
  "title": "Sooklal's recall: A necessary step for accountability in South African diplomacy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/sooklals-recall-a-necessary-step-for-accountability-in-south-african",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-08-13-sooklals-recall-a-necessary-step-for-accountability-in-south-african-diplomacy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s decision to recall SA's High Commissioner to India, Professor Anil Sooklal, for \" consultations\" following a controversial photograph with Jacob Zuma and fugitive Ajay Gupta, has highlighted concerns around foreign policy.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/politically-aweh-the-danger-of-being-a-woman-in-south-african-media",
        "published": "2026-08-13T14:28:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}