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Proof: Malema’s JSC future hangs in balance despite belated apology

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T19:02:59Z","headline":"Malema’s JSC future hangs in balance despite belated apology","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dailymaverick","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-29-malemas-jsc-future-hangs-in-balance-despite-belated-apology/","v":1}

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43bfccb924a5ca3078f47113b74f146efc7cc3d2589a16881f40a7e76ed7cb72

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-29 19:07 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-29 19:21 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 19:35 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-43bfccb924a5.json prints 43bfccb924a5ca3078f47113b74f146efc7cc3d2589a16881f40a7e76ed7cb72. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-43bfccb924a5.json and headline-43bfccb924a5.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-43bfccb924a5.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.