Asavela Mqokiyana allegedly caught driving at 198km/h in KZN

Actress Asavela Mqokiyana allegedly caught driving at 198km/h on N2.

Actress Asavela Mqokiyana allegedly drove at 198km/h in a 120km/h zone on the N2 near Ellingham and is due back in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court on October 28.

Ndabezinhle Sibiya, spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, confirmed that Mqokiyana was apprehended by the Road Traffic Inspectorate at Ellingham on the N2 on October 16 for allegedly exceeding the speed limit.

Sibiya said Mqokiyana made her first court appearance on October 19 after allegedly being caught driving a BMW X3 SUV at 198km/h in a 120km/h zone.

"Mqoyiyana will make a second court appearance tomorrow (October 28). The arrest of actress Mqoyiyana is a reminder  to all motorists that the Nenzani La Ezweni Operation is still in full swing," said Sibiya.

KZN Transport MEC Siboniso Duma said, RTI would have no mercy this festive season, as demonstrated during October’s transport month. 

"Between October 22 and October 28, we will execute more than 26 Nenzani La Ezweni Multidisciplinary operations. We will have a further 15 operations focusing on drunk driving," he said. 

Sibiya said that between October 15 and 21, the RTI and Operation Shanela teams recorded 421 speeding charges, stopped 12,073 vehicles and charged 1,719 motorists for various traffic offences. 

Asavela Mqokiyana's BMW X3 SUV that clocked 198km/h in a 120km/h zone on the N2.

These included 87 motorists driving without licences and 141 failing to wear seatbelts. Officers also identified 112 unlicensed vehicles and impounded 140 vehicles for operating without the required permits.

Mqokiyana is a renowned actress, and she is recently known as Sizakele on SABC's Uzalo drama and also as Amogelang in the second season of Abomama. 

She is not new to the acting industry as she rose to fame playing a character of Ntwenhle in Isibaya from 2018 to 2021.

Mqoyiyana is also the daughter of well-known soccer coach Manqoba Mnqqithi.