SA to Inspect Workplaces for Undocumented Workers
Home Affairs will increase the number of inspections at restaurants, spaza shops, farms and mines
SA to Inspect Workplaces for Undocumented Workers
Dr. Leon Schreiber, the recently appointed Minister of Home Affairs, has revealed plans to intensify inspections at establishments where undocumented foreign workers are frequently employed.
This announcement has caused concern for many Zimbabweans and other undocumented foreigners in South Africa.
Dr. Schreiber made this announcement on Monday during the National Assembly’s budget vote for the Department of Home Affairs for the 2024–2025 fiscal year.
He stressed that once undocumented workers are identified, they will be deported.
“In the coming year, Home Affairs will increase the number of inspections at restaurants, spaza shops, farms and mines by over 50% in order to take action against people illegally employed, including through deportations,” Dr Leon Schreiber told Parliament.
SA to Inspect Workplaces for Undocumented Workers
Following the announcement, many South Africans expressed support for the new measures and even suggested locations for the raids.
However, others have cautioned that the Department of Home Affairs may need to amend existing laws to enable lawful deportations.
Meanwhile, a young girl (14) has been sexually assaulted by her older sister who recorded the assaults.
The older sister (30) from Zengeza 2, Chitungwiza, has been dragged to court and charged with aggravated indecent assault and was remanded in custody to July 24.
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The court heard that one day in September 2022 at around 5pm, the elder sister asked the girl to buy her some bananas and she did. She then instructed the girl to undress and she sexually assaulted her with a banana, recording a video of the act.
