{"id":32344,"date":"2026-04-18T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32344"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:15:16","slug":"sa-recovers-stolen-vehicle-after-border-shootout","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-recovers-stolen-vehicle-after-border-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"SA recovers stolen vehicle after border shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa (SA) police have recovered a stolen vehicle following a shootout with suspected smugglers near the Beitbridge Border Post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the vehicle was being taken across the border into Zimbabwe when officers tried to stop it. The suspects allegedly opened fire, triggering a gun battle with police and soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Police Spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says no officers were injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot, crossing into Zimbabwe while continuing to shoot. Zimbabwean officials were alerted and carried out a search, but the suspects were not found.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The grey Toyota Prado has been recovered and seized as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32233,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32344","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA police have recovered a stolen vehicle following a shootout","published_date":"2026-04-18 08:14:26","news_description":"SA police have recovered a stolen vehicle following a shootout","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32344","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\/32344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32346,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32344\/revisions\/32346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}