‘You will be arrested’ – Ntuli warns lawbreaking employers
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says authorities will continue to raid businesses flagged for employing illegal foreigners.
"We are cleaning KwaZulu-Natal, and we are saying to the owners of the businesses, if they continue to employ the undocumented foreign nationals, they're going to get arrested."
He joined Home Affairs officials and police who swooped on a logistics business in Durban’s central area on Friday morning.
Officials took in sixteen undocumented workers and two employers.
Ntuli says 135 other foreigners were arrested in Hammarsdale and Chatsworth in separate operations.
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" Some of them you'll find that they have criminal cases. Apart from going through the process of deportation, they'll have to face those criminal charges first."
But Ntuli admits a new problem is emerging, as the prisons have no space left.
" I will be in fact communicating with the Minister of Home Affairs so that they assist us in particular as the province, to ensure that they are deported."
WATCH: Ntuli said the operation was due to complaints by local drivers that their jobs were being given to undocumented migrants. pic.twitter.com/dSgQpmtPgO
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