A look inside the deadly business of spaza shops in SA's Ekurhuleni townships
Tensions between locals and foreign nationals in Ratanda, Heidelberg, reached a crescendo in February and May when four people were murdered in the township, east of Johannesburg
17 June 2024 - 21:16
A bloody struggle over Gauteng’s East Rand’s township economy is brewing, and some South Africans have lost their lives trying to wrestle back the multimillion-rand spaza shop industry from foreign nationals...
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