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An official from the City of Johannesburg is seen during an operation to dismantle illegal informal settlements at Ginger Park in Sandton on 25 July 2025.
More than a dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested during an operation early this morning at the Ginger Informal Settlement in Sandton, led by the City of Johannesburg.
The operation, which also included Home Affairs, was focused on enforcing by-laws and dismantling illegal informal settlements in designated areas of the northern suburbs.
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says they have been taken into custody.
“Well we have arrested a few undocumented. They are already in the police vans, and they will be taken into custody and then hopefully Home Affairs will act on them and take them back to their countries of origin and we are also identifying if there are any other criminal activities that are happening here. We have already established that they sell nyaope and the police are acting on that. So, we will continue to act and look at illegality and criminal activity but the central objective is to get rid of these informal settlements.”
The South African Police Service has arrested over 15 undocumented foreign nationals living in this illegal informal settlement. #ReclaimJoburg #FixingJoburg pic.twitter.com/RLrSSzFzAC
— Executive Mayor of the City Of Joburg (@DadaMorero) July 25, 2025
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