FOREIGN SHOP OWNERS UNDER THREAT IN SOUTH AFRICA

A business association in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban has asked foreign nationals to close their businesses and leave the city’s northern townships by Friday.

The Northern Region Business Association accuses foreign nationals of suffocating the local economy in townships and unfair business practices, eNCA reports.

 This comes nearly three years after 2,000 people were displaced and six non-South Africans were killed during xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal.

Foreign shop owners have appealed to the government to protect them as the deadline looms.

Ethiopian business owner, Jamal Andullahi, told eNCA that they are running the business like any business people.

He charged that they have no problem with the community itself but with the business association people.

The association denies that its actions are xenophobic.

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