The Citizen reports that seven employers were recently arrested and charged for employing undocumented migrants when 567 business premises were inspected by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in Tshwane and Johannesburg.  

The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster briefed the media on Sunday, where Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba added that 147 undocumented migrants had been arrested.  “We raided two Spar retail outlets, a hotel, panelbeating shops and garages, shops owned by foreign nationals and a number of institutions.  Most of the foreign-owned shops inspected did not comply with the 60%/40% ratio [of employment] as they employed only foreign nationals in possession of asylum-seeker permits,” Gigaba said.  He went on to say that migrants were being exploited by ruthless employers looking to flout labour laws and that the DHA would be punishing employers who employed those with illegal documents “as they are infringing on the Immigration Act and the new visa regulations that were promulgated in 2014.”

• Read this report by Rorisang Kgosana in full at The Citizen
• See too, Employers charged in illegal migrants crackdown, at BusinessLive

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