Police arrest undocumented foreign nationals working at Ekurhuleni construction site

Police are carrying several arrests of undocumented foreign nationals working at a construction site in Clayville, Ekurhuleni.

The operation is led by Deputy Minister of Labour Jomo Sibiya to clamp down on non-compliant employers.

Friday's blitz started at a construction site of an apartment block.

Authorities have arrived her on the East Rand to take action against companies that are breaking the country's labour laws.

The signage of the construction site in Clayvwill is a company called Tri Star.

When police arrived at the scene, some workers started running away.

Sibiya said aside from the hiring of undocumented foreign nationals, the site has broken several other labour laws

“Anyone who thinks he can undermine the law, the authority of the state, the manner in which they do, we have to hit hard on them and don’t allow them to think we are the state that can’t bite, we are the state that can bite and show people that we’ve got authority.”

More than five police vans have been filled with the undocumented workers and the arrests continue.