{
  "id": 843909,
  "title": "The rising violence against sex workers in Phoenix, Chatsworth, Tongaat and Verulam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/the-rising-violence-against-sex-workers-in-phoenix-chatsworth-tongaat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/news/2026-08-14-the-rising-violence-against-sex-workers-in-phoenix-chatsworth-tongaat-and-verulam/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Gender-based violence activists have voiced their concerns about the increase in violence against sex workers in Phoenix, Tongaat, Verulam, Chatsworth and Merebank, calling for urgent legal reform and support for these vulnerable individuals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}