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Two human trafficking suspects found guilty of Contravention of Immigration Act

On July 22 the court sentenced the Guambe brothers to three months imprisonment or an R5000 fine each for Contravention of the Immigration Act.

Cornelis Johannes Uys (60), Cornelis Johannes Albertus Uys (23), Carlos Bernardo Guambe (34) and Gabriel Bernardo Guambe (32) also appeared before the Belfast Magistrate’s Court on Monday, July 27.

The four accused, Cornelis Jahannes Uys (jnr), Cornelis Johannes Uys (snr), Carlos Bernardo Guambe and Gabriel Bernardo Guambe.

The four are being accused of human trafficking following their arrests in June and July.

The case of the four men accused of human trafficking has been postponed to July 27 for a bail hearing.

They were arrested shortly after the Nelspruit-based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation, Flying Squad, Department of Labour and Home Affairs found 39 victims including seven women, nine children under the age of five and 23 males all over the age of 18, on a farm in Dullstroom.

 

 

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Tiisetso Malunga

I have been working as a journalist/photographer since 2018 at the Middelburg Observer. Before joining Caxton I was a Journalism Student at the Tshwane University of Technology. I was also a broadcasting intern at the SABC in Pretoria. In my first year as a journalist I was awarded the Upcoming Journalist of the Year at the O H Frewin awards. My motto in life is ‘I am human before anything’ with that being said I am driven by human stories and I am a strong believer in justices and human rights.
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