Sandtons Tang restaurant has spoken out for the first time after several staffers were arrested during the blitz operations, saying their waitresses earned R20,000 on average monthly. The restaurant says its hiring practices were compliant with the law.
On Wednesday, police reportedly arrested four undocumented workers, including a human resource manager at Tang , which is located at the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg.
In a statement shared with IOL, the Tang Group chief executive and founder, Nicky van der Walt, clarified the nature of the arrests and laid out their employment practices.
Van der Walt, said their HR Manager was never arrested or charged with any malpractice, but she was interviewed in relation to employee record verification, said Van der Walt.
He said one of the four workers had since produced their work permits, while he admitted the others had expired permits.
