Home Affairs reporting (national) documents a spike in deportations (46,898 in 2024/25), supporting that enforcement operations were intensifying nationwide, including Western Cape. This is contextual but not a Cape Town fines ledger.

DEL’s I-DEAL magazine (operational report) documents the 2024/25 blitz inspections: number of employers inspected, non-compliance rates, arrests of foreign nationals and mentions Western Cape activity. It describes high-impact multidisciplinary inspections that included the Western Cape.

In parliamentary replies, the Minister reported that 68 employers nationwide were fined R10,000 each (total R680,000) after DEL workplace blitz inspections. Most employer arrests occurred in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga, while undocumented worker arrests were concentrated in the Western Cape. The figures cover national activity, including Cape Town, but are not broken down by city.

Multiple press pieces (Cape Times / IOL / Cape Argus reporting) describe Cape Town raids where undocumented foreign nationals were arrested and employers/managers were implicated or arrested. These articles report the national blitz and reference local Cape Town operations.

 Department of Employment & Labour (DEL) media statement: “Several foreign nationals and an employer were arrested in a sting operation led by Employment and Labour and Home Affairs.”