By Anna Louw and Lee Rondganger
The department of social development's director-general, Vusimuzi Madonsela, may be Johannesburg's fastest driver, after being caught doing 228km/h. He's not the fastest in Gauteng - but he may lose his car.
On Sunday, less than 24 hours after Madonsela was captured on camera, a 32-year-old Ekurhuleni man was caught doing 259km/h on the N3 South near the Linksfield off-ramp. The speed limit on this stretch of highway is 120km/h.
Ekurhuleni metro police were able to flag the man down, but as they approached his vehicle, he sped off. The police gave chase but the man's BMW M3 was too fast for them.
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'We stood no chance against that car' "We stood no chance against that car," said Ekurhuleni metro police spokesperson Jimmy Maboko. "He just disappeared. Unfortunately for him, the officers had already captured his licence plate details, and with the help of the SAPS we were able to contact him and tell him that there was a warrant out for his arrest."
The man eventually turned himself over to the Edenvale police on Monday. He told them the alarm at his business at the Eastgate shopping centre had gone off and he was rushing to see what was happening.
He was expected to appear in court on Monday.
The fastest vehicle ever trapped in Ekurhuleni was a motorbike caught doing 284km/h last year. The rider was fined R100 000 by the Germiston magistrate's court. He paid R40 000 and the remaining R60 000 was conditionally suspended for five years.
Another speedster caught on the same stretch was a 22-year-old man who was doing 193km/h.
'If it was not for the toll plaza, we would not have not caught him' When metro police stopped him, he said he had "the runs" (diarrhoea) and that he was racing to the nearest rest stop. He was arrested and taken to the Edenvale police station. He appeared in court on Monday, along with another Ekurhuleni man who was caught doing the same speed.
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