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  "id": 9340740,
  "title": "Starlink, a wolf in sheep’s clothing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/starlink-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T12:29:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026-09-23-starlink-a-wolf-in-sheep-s-clothing/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The public debate over Starlink across Southern Africa often resembles a theological argument rather than an infrastructure assessment. To its champions, Elon Musk’s low Earth orbit satellite network represents an overdue bypass of sluggish state bureaucracy and predatory domestic mobile operators.",
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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."
}