By JAMES KUNDA –
A South African has been evicted from Zambia after gaining employment without a work permit.
Dewet Cornelius Down, 59 entered Zambia as an ordinary visitor on January 6, 2015 but later found employment at Katoka Mema Gold Mine in Kasempa.
Mr Down was arrested from his work premises and was evicted from the country after paying a court fine of K2,000 pronounced by the Solwezi Magistrate Court which convicted and sentenced him on Monday.
Immigration Department public relations manager Namati Nshinka confirmed this in a statement yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Solwezi regional immigration office has arrested a Chinese for working without a Zambian permit.
Mr Nshinka said the same office also arrested an Indian who held a valid Zambian employment permit but did not observe the conditions of the document.
In another incident, Immigration officers at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Monday received a Zambian who was denied entry into South Africa because they did not having a yellow fever certificate.
“Meanwhile, the Chipata regional immigration office removed eight Malawians from the country while at Kasumbalesa, eight Congolese were also ejected,” Mr Nshinka added.
