Civil engineer Shekendra Bhagwandin has been fined R35 000 or a two-year prison sentence, half of which is suspended, for speeding at 217 km/h in a 120 km/h zone.
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, said Bhagwandin, 43, appeared in court on Thursday, where he pleaded guilty.
Bhagwandin was arrested on 28 September by members of the Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI), detained at Scottburgh SAPS, and later released on R2 000 bail.
BMW DRIVER ‘FELT INVISIBLE’
The MEC said Bhagwandin, who was driving a BMW M3 without a front number plate, “felt invisible” and likely intended to avoid detection by speed cameras.
“RTI will continue to be firm, as we don’t want reckless drivers to turn KZN road networks into killing fields,” Duma said on Saturday.
Bhagwandin’s conviction follows that of lawyer Monde Nzima, who was fined R40 000 for speeding at 220 km/h in a 120 km/h zone on the N2.
Nzima also appeared in the same court and pleaded guilty.
Duma commended the province’s traffic police for securing the arrests.
“The recent successful prosecutions and convictions are as a result of an integrated approach involving RTI, the South African Police Service, and the Justice and Constitutional Development Department,” he said.
