{
  "id": 892205,
  "title": "SA’s abandoned mines expose costly failures in regulation and accountability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sas-abandoned-mines-expose-costly-failures-in-regulation-and",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T16:15:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
    "slug": "moneyweb",
    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-podcasts/moneyweb-midday/sas-abandoned-mines-expose-costly-failures-in-regulation-and-accountability/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "‘I have yet to see the government prosecuting a large-scale company for walking away from a mine,’ says David van Wyk, mining analyst and researcher at the Benchmarks Foundation.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}