Article: Illegal immigrant crackdown in Pretoria

A clampdown on illegal immigrants led to 200 arrests in Sunnyside, Pretoria on Thursday.

Officials from the department of home affairs, trade and industry, police and the SA Revenue Service swooped on businesses and streets in the densely populated area.
 
I thought it was still called Pretoria ?

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"We have detained those people we have found without valid documents to be in South Africa. We will still be verifying their status and deporting some of them," she said.

Ledwaba said before being deported to their country of origin, every person was given a chance to appeal the deportation process.

"If they choose to contest the deportation, we release them. We give them a notice instructing them to report to a home affairs centre at intervals until the whole appeal process is over," she said.

Like they are ever going to reappear again until arrested again.
 
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