{"id":48781,"date":"2026-01-30T23:17:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48781"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:17:41","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlerato-mvelase-says-hawks-are-investigating-travel-agency-after-family-trip-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/30\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignlerato-mvelase-says-hawks-are-investigating-travel-agency-after-family-trip-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Lerato Mvelase says Hawks are investigating travel agency after family trip nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174021\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174021\" class=\"wp-image-174021 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lerato-Mvelase-celebrates-earning-her-MBA.jpg?resize=600%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lerato-Mvelase-celebrates-earning-her-MBA.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Lerato-Mvelase-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-174021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actress Lerato Mvelase<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actress Lerato Mvelase has confirmed that the travel agency she accuses of scamming her is now under investigation by the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Mvelase shared the update while appearing as a guest on SABC 1\u2019s talk show <em>Asikhulume, Let\u2019s Talk<\/em>, where she opened up about the emotional and financial toll of the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>The actress previously went public on Instagram, accusing a travel company, Black Trotters Africa, of taking her money for a trip with her two sons that was ultimately cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mvelase, trouble began when she requested a refund, only to be told that the company had allegedly been liquidated.<\/p>\n<p>Frustrated and determined to hold those responsible accountable, she said she escalated the matter to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy case is currently with the Hawks, and I can only hope that justice is served,\u201d Mvelase said, adding that she wants those involved to know \u201cthat they will be caught.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on her Instagram page, the <em>Marked<\/em> actress revealed that she had initially considered cancelling the trip due to financial pressure but claimed the agency pushed her to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, I wanted to cancel the trip because of financial constraints, also because of the pressure they kept putting on me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>An emotional Mvelase made it clear that the situation hit harder because her children were involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStory time. Why? Because they messed with my kids!\u201d she exclaimed, before naming individuals she alleges were linked to the company.<\/p>\n<p>She accused one former ticket issuer of supplying fake tickets to travellers and described the operation as a syndicate driven by lifestyle ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>One of the individuals mentioned, Tumelo Tshepang Matenche, has since issued a statement distancing himself from the alleged scam.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was employed as Head of Sales at Black Trotters Africa and claimed he was unaware of the situation until it became public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many others, I became aware of the situation at the same time as the rest of the public,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither the other employees nor I were given prior knowledge or insight into the events that later unfolded. We were equally in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mvelase remains adamant that she will see the matter through, saying her goal is not only to recover her losses but to ensure accountability.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Lerato #Mvelase #Hawks #investigating #travel #agency #family #trip #nightmare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Actress Lerato Mvelase Actress Lerato Mvelase has confirmed that the travel agency she accuses of scamming her is now&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48782,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781\/revisions\/48782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}