{
  "id": 8230568,
  "title": "From laboratory cleaner to professor: Puseletso Mofokeng’s remarkable journey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/from-laboratory-cleaner-to-professor-puseletso-mofokengs-remarkable",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T10:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-18-from-laboratory-cleaner-to-professor-puseletso-mofokengs-remarkable-journey/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Puseletso Mofokeng arrived at the University of QwaQwa at 19 as a temporary laboratory worker. More than two decades later, she is an associate professor and director of its Centre for Global Change.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}