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  "id": 9306604,
  "title": "Top South African police officer charged with raping woman, 18, and grooming 16-year-old girl",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/top-south-african-police-officer-charged-with-raping-woman-18-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:38:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/23/south-africa-top-police-officer-shadrack-sibiya-charged-rape-grooming"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Arrest of Shadrack Sibiya comes as country is reeling from cases of femicide and alleged police corruption and criminality One of South Africa’s most senior police officers has been charged with raping an 18-year-old woman and grooming a 16-year-old girl, as the country’s police face allegations of corruption and failing to tackle violence against women and girls. Shadrack Sibiya, who was already…",
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        "published": "2026-09-23T08:32:25.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Gunmen kill 11 in South African township",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/gunmen-kill-11-in-south-african-township",
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        "published": "2026-09-23T09:39:00.000Z"
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