PICS: Foreign national shop owners under attack in Soweto over ‘fake products’
Foreign national business owners awoke to irate Soweto residents in different areas demanding that they leave the country.
Soweto residents in different areas have been up in arms demanding that foreign nationals leave the country, Soweto Urban reports.
This comes after several reports that foreign nationals are allegedly selling fake and substandard goods to their consumers.
These allegations have been slowly surfacing on social media with many people believing their health is at risk.
As an apparent response to these allegations, Soweto residents have been looting foreign nationals’ shops in different parts of Soweto, with the apparent ultimate aim of them leaving the country.
PAKISTANI SHOPS BEING LOOTED : MOFOLO NORTH. SOWETO. JHB. GP. EVEN THE FRIDGE IS FAIR GAME. pic.twitter.com/K4yAaepKLd
— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) August 29, 2018
“We can confirm that there has been looting in different parts of Soweto, but the police are aware of the matter and are currently attending to it,” said captain Mzwakhe Khoza.
One of the first areas in Soweto where the looting allegedly took place was in Jabavu, where residents started looting shops in the early hours of Wednesday morning, taking foreign business owners’ groceries and fridges.
In the midst of all the looting, it is reported that one individual died while several others may be injured, but police are still to confirm this allegation.
One WhatsApp message The Citizen has seen is riddled with xenophobia and panic:
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