Sharpeville residents in Emfuleni in Vanderbijlpark looted spaza shops after one spaza shop owner was shot and killed. South Africans questioned their logic.
The incident sparked violence in the township as well as neighbouring Boipatong, where residents also looted the shops— The death of a tuckshop owner in Sharpeville in Emfuleni sparked a frenzy of residents looting spaza shops in the area.reported that a tuckshop owner was shot dead, and his employee was wounded during the attack. His killing sparked a spree of residents in Sharpeville and Boipatongin the township for killing the tuckshop owner.
Katleho Olifant was one of the children who were hospitalised after eating food bought from foreign-owned spaza shops in Soweto.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.
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