{"id":52915,"date":"2026-03-16T20:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52915"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:43:27","slug":"dashed-american-dream-viljoen-scandal-peet-in-notorious-us-alligator-alcatraz-melany-in-another-ice-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/16\/dashed-american-dream-viljoen-scandal-peet-in-notorious-us-alligator-alcatraz-melany-in-another-ice-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"DASHED AMERICAN DREAM: Viljoen scandal \u2013 Peet in notorious US \u2018Alligator Alcatraz\u2019, Melany in another ICE centre"},"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<p>South African couple Melany and Peet Viljoen were recently arrested in the US for allegedly shoplifting groceries worth thousands of dollars over several months. Now they are barred from the store, and details about their money situation \u2013 and detention there \u2013 are becoming clearer.<\/p>\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#DASHED #AMERICAN #DREAM #Viljoen #scandal #Peet #notorious #Alligator #Alcatraz #Melany #ICE #centre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African couple Melany and Peet Viljoen were recently arrested in the US for allegedly shoplifting groceries worth thousands of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915","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=52915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52916,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52915\/revisions\/52916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}