{"id":336441,"date":"2026-07-18T03:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/336441\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:47:24","slug":"client-vanishes-with-new-rental-car-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/336441\/","title":{"rendered":"Client \u2018vanishes\u2019 with new rental car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities are searching for a man who has allegedly disappeared with a rental car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784346444_713_22ZYPQPGJJEZ7AAZEZKSW2K25M.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>This rental car is believed to have be stolen by a man who rented it in KZN on July 2 (RUSA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) the owners of City Car Rental based in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal approached them on Friday morning about a missing white 2026 VW Polo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCity Car Rental, based on Umgeni Road, confirmed the vehicle, bearing the registration BS74NS-ZN, was rented on July2. The address provided by the client was a residence in Kenville, KwaZulu-Natal,\u201d Rusa said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On July 16 the rental company lost contact with the client. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe vehicle\u2019s tracking unit has since stopped transmitting a location and investigations revealed the address provided by the client is an abandoned house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) the owners of City Car Rental based in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal approached them on Friday morning about a missing white 2026 VW Polo.<br \/>Video: Supplied <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3gzIwv4ydC\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3gzIwv4ydC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sowetan (@Sowetan1981) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sowetan1981\/status\/2078059702722715758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rusa is appealing to the public for assistance in locating the vehicle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe identity of the client is being withheld pending the outcome of the investigation. There are videos allegedly posted by the client showing the vehicle at an unidentified car wash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sowetan<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities are searching for a man who has allegedly disappeared with a rental car. This rental car is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[52],"tags":[162746,1638,58005,131,133972,30349],"class_list":["post-336441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa","tag-city-car-rental","tag-durban","tag-rusa","tag-south-africa","tag-stolen-car","tag-theft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116938935355983397","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}