{"id":346776,"date":"2011-03-29T10:43:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T10:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T10:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T10:43:44","slug":"south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> South African striker Katlego Mphela has been arrested for drunk driving in Johannesburg shortly after scoring the winning goal in a key match against Egypt, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mphela, whose nickname is &#8220;Killer&#8221;, was arrested early Monday when police stopped his Audi during a routine patrol in the upscale Johannesburg neighbourhood of Sandton, said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The officers were on their normal patrol. They stopped the car and then spoke to the suspect and discovered that he was drunk,&#8221; Dlamini told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Mphela was taken into custody for four hours before being released on 1,000-rand ($145, 100-euro) bail, Dlamini said. Police are waiting for the results of a blood test.<\/p>\n<p>Mphela scored the only goal in South Africa&#8217;s 1-0 victory over Egypt on Saturday, clinching a last-minute win for Bafana Bafana in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini said the striker would appear in court on October 4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201103\/148732.php\" title=\"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> South African striker Katlego Mphela has been arrested for drunk driving in Johannesburg shortly after scoring the winning goal in a key match against Egypt, police said Tuesday. Mphela, whose nickname is &#8220;Killer&#8221;, was arrested early Monday when police stopped his Audi during a routine patrol in the upscale Johannesburg neighbourhood of Sandton, said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini. &#8220;The officers were on their normal patrol. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-346776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"South African striker Katlego Mphela has been arrested for drunk driving in Johannesburg shortly after scoring the winning goal in a key match against Egypt, police said Tuesday. Mphela, whose nickname is &quot;Killer&quot;, was arrested early Monday when police stopped his Audi during a routine patrol in the upscale Johannesburg neighbourhood of Sandton, said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini. &quot;The officers were on their normal patrol.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-29T10:43:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-29T10:43:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"South African striker Katlego Mphela has been arrested for drunk driving in Johannesburg shortly after scoring the winning goal in a key match against Egypt, police said Tuesday. Mphela, whose nickname is \"Killer\", was arrested early Monday when police stopped his Audi during a routine patrol in the upscale Johannesburg neighbourhood of Sandton, said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini. \"The officers were on their normal patrol.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving","datePublished":"2011-03-29T10:43:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/"},"wordCount":172,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg","articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/","name":"South Africa Striker Arrested For Drunk Driving - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-29T10:43:44+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/south-africa-striker-arrested-for-drunk-driving\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1787-150x90.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}