Foreigners must carry their passports all the time — SAPS

Speaking to POWER 98.7, SAPS Maj-Gen Mbuso Khumalo said Fourways has been identified as a crime hotspot.

“Those who know they do not belong in the country must carry their passports because [when you are stopped] at a roadblock and can’t produce [the documents] we arrest you.

“Home affairs is also around to process them. They must carry passport all the time otherwise we will arrest them for [being] undocumented,” said Khumalo.

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi last year gave SAPS the green light to spot check foreigners to ascertain whether they were legally in the country.

“Police have the right to stop and ask about documentation. It doesn't have to be production or physical documentation like during apartheid days, meaning you are not forced to carry documents in your pocket everywhere you go.”

Documents are checked against the national population register.

“It can be done on the spot and it will be a pity if somebody has to be arrested because we have to do a manual check,” he said.

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