South Africans Registering Spaza Shops on Foreigners’ Behalf
"You will reap what you sow the day these foreign nationals chase you out of your own home" - Lydia, angry resident
South Africans Registering Spaza Shops on Foreigners' Behalf
Tensions are high in Soweto as members of Operation Dudula, supported by the community, have chased away South Africans who want to register spaza shops on behalf of illegal foreign nationals.
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They held a stop-and-search operation on every civilian attempting to enter the Jabulani Civic Centre.
Just a few metres away from the civic centre, a man who had documents in his hands was stopped by the furious crowd and asked what he came to do.
Before he could answer, the documents were snatched away from him and inspected for dodgy details.
South Africans Registering Spaza Shops on Foreigners' Behalf
Upon discovering that the documents belonged to a foreign national, anger brewed and the man was quickly surrounded and questioned.
“Was it a foreign national that came to drop you off to register on his behalf?” asked an angry community member, to which the man responded yes.
The man claimed he didn't know that there was a picket to stop foreigners from registering their spaza shops.
“Do you think we are fools to wake up early and come here to make sure that it's only South Africans who register their spaza shops? Do we look like fools to you?
“You hate your own family and countrymates to the point that you continue risking lives by coming here to register the very same spaza shops who kill our children.
“You will reap what you sow the day these foreign nationals chase you out of your own home,” said an angry woman who identified herself only as Lydia.
