An inspection blitz by the department of employment and labour in Devland, Soweto, on Wednesday led to the arrest of several undocumented foreign nationals, with five found hiding in a bathroom at a wholesale outlet.
The operation, led by deputy minister Jomo Sibiya, forms part of a four-day enforcement drive in Gauteng targeting labour and immigration violations.
On Tuesday inspectors found an underground manhole that had been constructed to allegedly hide illegal foreigners from the department at a business in Vereeniging.
