Marion Edmunds
Cape Town wine merchant Vaughan Johnson is to appear in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on February 20 charged with employing a foreigner illegally in his Waterfront wine shop.
British-born Sharon Meeking pleaded guilty to working without a permit and paid a fine of R750.
Johnson refused to pay an admission of guilt fine when Meeking was picked up, preferring to go to court.
The Home Affairs Department says it receives many complaints from South Africans who feel these visitors are denying South Africans jobs in the city.
A spokesman for the department said that it was working through the Waterfront, taking a block of restaurants at a time, and checking employees with foreign accents for permits.