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Proof: Cash to drop charges and threats for associates — Sibiya faces weekend in jail

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T15:01:37Z","headline":"Cash to drop charges and threats for associates — Sibiya faces weekend in jail","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dailymaverick","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-02-cash-to-drop-charges-and-threats-for-associates-sibiya-faces-weekend-in-jail/","v":1}

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c322817912cb24e03e40426ca4b803b7f8644e98fb61d6c054b0adc2e394d940

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969609, mined 2026-10-02 15:10 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 15:03 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c322817912cb.json prints c322817912cb24e03e40426ca4b803b7f8644e98fb61d6c054b0adc2e394d940. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-c322817912cb.json and headline-c322817912cb.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-c322817912cb.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, 1 min after it was first seen.