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  • Burundi national Harayandi Moustapha (left) watches as looters carry out what is left of his spaza shop and its contents. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Braamfischerville residents suffer in aftermath of looting

    Some disgruntled locals say they have to walk longer distances to access spaza shops.

    2681 days ago
  • FILE: Rubber bullet casings lie outside of Lower Market spaza shop on Sheffield Road alongside Marikana, Philippi, after the shop was looted and burnt the night before. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Locals 'appalled' by looting of foreign-owned shops

    A Soweto resident says he’s upset that the lives of locals were endangered.

    2681 days ago
  • FILE: Foreign shop owners fear for their lives. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Foreign shop owner set alight in Soweto

    Police said a group of people were going around the area earlier on Thursday telling foreigners to leave.

    2682 days ago
  • Ethiopian national Gigi Mokoura looks out of his spaza shop in Marcus Garvey while desperately packing away goods, anticipating an attack on his shop. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Exclusive: Inside the Philippi looting

    Locals continue to help themselves to contents of a broken man's shop on the morning after mass looting in Marikana, Philippi - an informal settlement in Cape Town.

    2683 days ago
  • FILE: Police use a stun grenade to disperse marching Ses'Khona members who were fighting with Somali nationals near Bellville Station. It is unclear who started the fight. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Foreigners close up shop in Philippi as looting spreads

    Ses’khona says the looting is being carried out by a handful of young boys.

    2683 days ago
  • Police use a stun grenade to disperse marching Ses'Khona members who were fighting with Somali nationals near Bellville Station. It is unclear who started the fight. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Ses'Khona calls for calm after members go on looting rampage

    Several shops were ransacked near the Marikana informal settlement yesterday.

    2684 days ago
  • FILE: Police used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Thembelihle residents may continue protesting

    Yesterday community leaders agreed to suspend the service delivery protests.

    2685 days ago
  • FILE: The police's Kay Makhubela says police have been deployed to the area to monitor the situation. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Residents loot foreign-owned shops in Thembelihle

    The police's Kay Makhubela says police have been deployed to the area to monitor the situation.

    2686 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Zuma condemns attacks on foreigners

    President Jacob Zuma insists there is no justification for the looting of foreign owned shops in Soweto.

    2690 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma delivering his 2015 State of the Nation Address: Picture: GCIS.

    Zuma blasted for failing to condemn looting

    Some immigrants accused Jacob Zuma of inciting more violence against them by restricting their land rights.

    2695 days ago
  • FILE: A shop that’s been vandalised in Durban Deep following the looting of foreign-owned shops. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Somali shop owner walks free

    Iman Abdirahman was arrested in connection with the killing of a teenager in Atteridgeville.

    2700 days ago
  • FILE: Blood stains on the street where one of the two bodies were found in Langlaagte last night in another violent attack linked to the Soweto looting on 26 January 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Somali shop owner appears in court for murder

    Alodixashi Sheik Yusuf is accused of murdering 14-year-old Soweto teen Siphiwe Mahori.

    2705 days ago
  • A foreign national stands by the open window to the makeshift kitchen at a sanctuary in Mayfair, Johannesburg, after he fled violence against foreign nationals owning spaza shops in Soweto. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Foreign nationals urged not to return to Soweto

    The Somali Community Board will wait for instructions from govt on when to resume trading.

    2707 days ago
  • Foreign nationals owning spaza shops grabbed what they could and brought it to this sanctuary in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Foreign spaza shop owners were forced to flee Soweto after they were targeted by residents who looted their shops. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Looting spreads to PTA, man (19) shot dead

    Locals went on the rampage, looting foreign-owned shops in Atteridgeville.

    2710 days ago
  • Siphiwe Mahori who was shot and killed in Snake Park, Soweto, on 19 January 2015. Picture: Dineo Bendile/EWN.

    Soweto looting: Memorial held for slain teen

    Siphiwe Mahori was shot and killed last week, allegedly by a foreign shop owner in the township.

    2712 days ago
  • A group of looters are breaking into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Looting: GP safety MEC defends decision to pay for boy's funeral

    Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says helping the family doesn’t translate into compensation from government.

    2712 days ago
  • A foreign shop owner stands guard inside his Alexandra spaza shop on 26 January,2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Alex foreign shop owners living in fear

    Locals say there’s a strong possibility that tensions could spill over into the township.

    2714 days ago
  • A foreign shop owner stands guard inside his Alexandra spaza shop. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Alex shop owners fear they are next

    Following widespread looting in Soweto and other areas in Gauteng, foreign shop owners in Alexandra are now fearing for their lives and shops.

    2714 days ago
  • Foreign nationals owning spaza shops grabbed what they could and brought it to this sanctuary in Mayfair, Johannesburg. Foreign spaza shop owners were forced to flee Soweto after they were targeted by residents who looted their shops. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Phiyega's office slams claims police urged looting in Soweto

    The City Press has quoted looters & witnesses saying police instructed them to loot foreign-owned shops.

    2715 days ago
  • A group of looters breaking into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Baby killed, trampled by stampeding looters

    Police say a baby was killed in Kagiso when trampled by a mob of stampeding looters on Friday.

    2715 days ago
  • A group of looters break into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: SA Crime Fighters via Twitter

    Looting spreads, 13 people arrested overnight

    A group, including 6 minors, were arrested in Kagiso following violence & looting of foreign-owned shops.

    2716 days ago
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