Cape Town – Cape Town’s mayoral chief of safety and security, Jean-Pierre Smith, has vowed to throw the book at ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni  due to repeated transgressions on city roads.

Nicknamed the “Gucci socialist” for his expensive tastes, he was arrested last Sunday for allegedly driving his Maserati GranCabrio while under the influence of alcohol in Green Point. The vehicle also had no front number plate, reported the Sunday Times.

“Mr Yengeni breaks the law with impunity,” said Smith. “He is the worst offender you can find on the road.”

“This time the metro police are making sure that the book will be thrown at him,” he added.

Smith said there was surveillance video footage of the Maserati driving erratically. “I want to make it clear that Mr Yengeni was not targeted or set up by the metro police,” he said.

“He was caught by a metro police officer for swerving across the road and with no number plates. The officer had no idea who was in the car.”

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