{
  "id": 8018359,
  "title": "Correctional Services boss Thobakgale says guards ‘helped’ Madiba escape",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/correctional-services-boss-thobakgale-says-guards-helped-madiba-escape",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/correctional-services-boss-thobakgale-says-guards-helped-madiba-escape/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Thursday, Thobakgale said Madiba told him and the department’s head of security that officers involved in his initial 2022 escape had approached and warned him to leave.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Correctional Services head to appear before Madlanga Commission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/correctional-services-head-to-appear-before-madlanga-commission",
        "published": "2026-09-17T03:47:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}