Pretoria - A Bafana Bafana soccer player was arrested for driving 173km/h in Centurion on Saturday morning, Tshwane metro police said.
He was caught on the N1 South just before the John Voster off-ramp, travelling from Pretoria to Johannesburg, said spokesman Blessing Manale.
The soccer player was expected to appear in the Lyttelton Magistrate's Court on Monday.