{
  "id": 9337868,
  "title": "Artist seeks parliamentary hearing over SA flag design claim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/artist-seeks-parliamentary-hearing-over-sa-flag-design-claim",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T12:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/2026-09-23-artist-seeks-parliamentary-hearing-over-sa-flag-design-claim/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Activist Bandile Magibili is urging Parliament to hear artist Thembani Hastings Mqhayi’s claim that his 1994 submissions influenced South Africa’s national flag. The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture maintains that archival records support Fred Brownell’s authorship.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}