PRETORIA - A mortuary was discovered operating inside a spaza shop at eNkangala.
City of Tshwane officials and other law enforcement officials were doing a by-law enforcement operation in the area on Wednesday.
Traveling with other law enforcement agencies, they were also driving an Immigration Act and Labour Relations Act enforcement drive. They visited several spaza shops in the area.
According to Tshwane mayor Dr Nasiphi Moyo, the mortuary had continued operating despite a previous prohibition order.
"We have once again issued a prohibition notice and shut down the business," she said.
The spaza shop has also been closed.
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"Establishments that do not comply will be closed," said mayor Nasiphi Moya in an X post.
Authorities went to various shops in the area, where one was closed, had electricity disconnected and staff arrested after they failed to produce valid immigration documentation.
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In some areas in eNkangala, illegally constructed backrooms were found behind foreign-owned shops. In other shops, workers without the proper legal documentation were found hiding in the ceiling and other parts of the spazas trying to evade arrest.
Eskom disconnected electricity at the shops found to have connected illegally. Authorities got a big surprise when they found a mortuary operating simultaneously with a spaza shop.