Almost two years after it was extensively damaged in the July 2021 unrest, Bridge City shopping centre in KwaMashu, north of Durban, will reopen on Thursday.
The shopping centre, owned by Futuregrowth Community Property Fund , was forced to close after looters descended on it when violence swept through KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng in July 2021.Comprop fund manager Smital Rambhai said more than 1,500 jobs were lost.
“The July 2021 riots will forever remain in our memories as one of the most tragic events in SA history, with about 1 ,563 jobs lost at Bridge City shopping centre. We estimate these jobs would have affected at least 10,000 lives in the communities of Phoenix, Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu, who are supported by the income earned by staff working at the centre.
“Both Futuregrowth and Capital Land set up a strategy, after the riots had settled, to embark on restoring the economic support that Bridge City shopping centre provides these communities. One of the priorities was to restore access to essential goods and services, which we did with Superspar trading as early as June 2022, while the rest of the centre was being reconstructed,” he said.
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