{"id":16466,"date":"2025-12-01T09:19:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/explosives-seized-from-two-zimbabwean-nationals-in-sa\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:36","slug":"explosives-seized-from-two-zimbabwean-nationals-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/explosives-seized-from-two-zimbabwean-nationals-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosives seized from two Zimbabwean nationals in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province for unlawful possession of explosives, police said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The men were travelling in a taxi from Zimbabwe to Gauteng when officers stopped and searched the vehicle along the N1 road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police Spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba said authorities discovered seven boxes of explosives, along with connector fuses, detonator cords, and bluster cartridges, with an estimated street value of R2.5 million ($135 000). The taxi, a Toyota Quantum, and an attached trailer were confiscated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two male suspects were immediately arrested and will appear at the Polokwane Magistrate\u2019s Court this Monday,\u201d Ledwaba added, noting that several other items were also recovered during the search.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16467,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-16466","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Two Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province for unlawful possession of explosives","published_date":"2025-12-01 11:17:38","news_description":"Two Zimbabwean nationals have been arrested in South Africa\u2019s (SA) Limpopo province for unlawful possession of explosives","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20262,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16466\/revisions\/20262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}