Two British citizens, who allegedly sped over the border between Eswatini and South Africa, have been fined R40 000 or 12 months in jail for contravening lockdown regulations.
James Hackett and Erkan Bali deliberately ignored border officials and crossed the border in April, disregarding lockdown regulations prohibiting foreigners from entering the country, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson Natasha Kara said in a statement on Friday.
National police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo previously told News24 that Hackett and Bali had driven from Eswatini.
He said when they arrived at the Golela border post, they were denied entry into South Africa and were told to return to Eswatini.
"As a form of good faith to the people of South Africa, Hackett and Bali have each paid an amount of R15 000 to the Solidarity Fund in an attempt to contribute to government's response to the Covid-19 crisis.
