Soweto residents took matters into their own hands when they went viral for closing spaza shops owned by foreign nationals down after an alleged murder.
Videos on social media have been circulating of residents compelling shop owners to remove their businesses from the White City township
This was after a foreign national who owns a shop allegedly shot and killed a little child, causing fury in the communityJOHANNESBURGposted three videos which provided a picture of the tension developing in Soweto townships. In one of the videos, a community meeting is taking place in the presence of members of the South African Police Service. In the video, one of the community members addresses one of the foreign nationals and questions why the man's brother bought a gun illegally.
He said spaza shops should be audited to check their compliance; if they are found non-compliant, they must be closed.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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