Western Cape authorities have not confirmed that ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni had been arrested for drunk driving.
|||Cape Town - Western Cape authorities could not confirm on Monday evening that a man arrested for drunk driving in Cape Town was ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said he had followed up the incident with the relevant courts.
“I can confirm that Tony Yengeni did not appear in a Cape Town court.”
Police spokesman Captain Frederick van Wyk stuck to an earlier statement that a 58-year-old man was arrested on the corner of Somerset and Dixon Roads in Cape Town on Sunday for drunk driving.
“He was detained at Cape Town central police station for the duration of the night and released on bail this morning, 7.30am Monday,” he said.
“He is due to make a court appearance at the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on 4th March 2014.”
Beeld online reported on Monday that its Cape Town sister newspaper Die Burger had seen Yengeni leaving police cells in the morning after paying R500 bail. He was reportedly driving a Maserati when he was arrested.
In 2007, Yengeni was arrested in Goodwood, Cape Town, on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. He was also granted R500 bail at the time. He was found not guilty.
At the time, Yengeni was out on parole after his 2003 conviction for defrauding Parliament by failing to disclose a 47 percent discount on a 4x4 Mercedes-Benz.
Sapa