Threats against foreigners in Gauteng
By Khanyisa Tabata
14 May 2011
Lawyers for Human Rights have called on police to protect foreign traders who are closing their businesses after allegedly being threatened by the Greater Gauteng Business Forum.
The lawyers’ group’s Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh says terrified traders are packing up in areas like Freedom Park, Ramaphosa, Kagiso, Diepsloot, Tembisa and Orlando East in and around Johannesburg.
He says locals, motivated by xenophobia, have distributed eviction letters to foreign-owned businesses.
14 May 2011
Lawyers for Human Rights have called on police to protect foreign traders who are closing their businesses after allegedly being threatened by the Greater Gauteng Business Forum.
The lawyers’ group’s Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh says terrified traders are packing up in areas like Freedom Park, Ramaphosa, Kagiso, Diepsloot, Tembisa and Orlando East in and around Johannesburg.
He says locals, motivated by xenophobia, have distributed eviction letters to foreign-owned businesses.
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