So the shops had to close because gangs were extorting them. But then the community suffered as families couldn't do their regular shopping. The gangs had to beg them to reopen.
Meanwhile some South Africans will tell you Somali shopkeepers should be kicked out even though it's clear the people living in these communities rely on Somali business.
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Meanwhile some South Africans will tell you Somali shopkeepers should be kicked out even though it's clear the people living in these communities rely on Somali business.
Somali spaza shops reopen in Cape Town after uneasy truce with gang extortionists
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (HOL) — Somali-run spaza shops in Khayelitsha’s Site C township reopened Friday following a two-day shutdown in protest against escalating extortion by local gangs, which traders say has become unsustainable and life-threatening.
