{"id":39388,"date":"2026-07-12T14:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39388"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:40:01","slug":"female-driver-reflects-on-repatriation-journey-from-sa-to-malawi","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/female-driver-reflects-on-repatriation-journey-from-sa-to-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Female driver reflects on repatriation journey from SA to Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">A female bus driver who has been transporting undocumented foreigners from the Musina repatriation centre outside the Beitbridge border post in Limpopo province, South Africa (SA) to Malawi, says the trips to take the migrants to their home country have gone well.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"> Masitla Selemane says the Malawians have reached their destinations safely.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201d I am the first lady to Malawi alone, I didn\u2019t have have any co-driver, the experience was hectic, but I am a very strong lady I guess, the main thing was hunger, these people were very hungry, but the situation was managed very well and they were given food. \u00a0The main challenge is the road, the road is very bad from Nyamaphanda to Malawi there are very hectic potholes.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21834,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-39388","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Masitla Selemane says the Malawians have reached their destinations safely.","published_date":"","news_description":"Masitla Selemane says the Malawians have reached their destinations safely.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39388","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\/39388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39389,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39388\/revisions\/39389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}