Gauteng Police Commissioner Elias Mawela has cautioned South Africans against offering their properties for rent to illegal immigrants.
The Immigration Act states that letting to an illegal foreigner, is classified as aiding and abetting an illegal foreigner, and this is a criminal offence.
Section 42(1)(a)(ix) of the Immigration Act prohibits anyone from aiding and abetting, assisting or enabling, or in any manner helping an illegal foreigner by letting or selling or in any manner making available immovable property to him or her.