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Khumalo Street was strewn with debris after scores of angry protesters took to the streets in Orlando West, in Soweto to protest against Eskom's pre-paid meters. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN.

Soweto violence

Soweto residents: Prepaid electricity is chowing our money

By Kgothatso Mogale

Residents from Orlando West say the price of prepaid electricity is high and they cannot afford the new prepaid meter system.

  • A displaced foreign shop owner who has taken refuge in a house in Mayfair after the looting of his shop in Soweto in January 2015. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Foreign shop owners 'battling to survive'

    Foreign shop owners say they're still afraid to return to Soweto after they were attacked by looters.

    2642 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.

    2663 days ago
  • FILE: South African Minister of Small Business Development Lindiwe Zulu. Picture: United Nations.

    Zulu clarifies comments about foreign businesses

    Lindiwe Zulu was quoted as saying foreigners needed to help South African businesses.

    2667 days ago
  • FILE: A business which was looted in Soweto on 21 January 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Forty Soweto looting suspects appear in court

    Police arrested over 170 people in connection with the violence in and around Soweto.

    2668 days ago
  • FILE: A group of looters are breaking into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Soweto teen’s mom won’t forgive his killer

    It’s believed Siphiwe Mahori was part of a group of boys who tried to rob a store in Soweto last week.

    2668 days ago
  • The United Nations Refugee Agency says more needs to be done by the South African government to prevent the risk of future attacks on foreign shop owners. Picture: SA Crime Fighters via Twitter

    UN body urges SA govt to strengthen anti-xenophobia fight

    Six people have been killed in xenophobic attacks in Soweto & other Gauteng areas.

    2668 days ago
  • FILE: Blood stains on the street where one of the two bodies were found in Langlaagte in another violent attack linked to the Soweto looting on 26 January 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Langlaagte residents want justice for slain looters

    Residents are pleading with police to arrest the man who shot dead two people on Sunday night.

    2669 days ago
  • FILE: Inside a factory looted and burnt in Alexandra. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    'Xenophobic looting must stop'

    Foreign business owners have been targeted in areas including Soweto, Kagiso, Alexandra and Langlaagte.

    2669 days ago
  • AFCONned

    CARTOON: AFCONned! SA's not playing fair

    CARTOON: AFCONned! SA's not playing fair

    2669 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.

    2669 days ago
  • Soweto shop owner Helal Uddin, said he had lost everything in the looting attacks last week.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    Bangladeshi shop owner to carry on after looting

    EWN’s Alex Eliseev talks to Bangladeshi man Helal Uddin, whose Soweto shop was looted last week, and finds out what his plan is from here, andwhether he will be returning to Soweto any time soon.

    2669 days ago
  • A relative of one the men who was shot and killed in Langlaagte last night. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Relatives speak out after Langlaagte shooting

    Mzoxolo Dlamini says his cousin wasn't looting but was caught in the crossfire.

    2669 days ago
  • Police continue to seize stolen goods from a spaza shop in Langlaagte on 26 January, 2015. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN.

    Police keep a close eye on Langlaagte after overnight violence

    Two people were killed last night allegedly by a foreign shop owner.

    2669 days ago
  • Blood stains on the street where one of the two bodies were found in Langlaagte last night. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    ‘We can no longer have a relationship with foreign shop owners'

    The community from an informal settlement in Langlaagte say foreign shop owners randomly shot at them.

    2670 days ago
  • Residents at an informal settlement in Langlaagte have told EWN how a foreign shop owner started shooting randomly at community members after he suspected that someone had stolen from his store. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Xenophobic looting spreads to Langlaagte and Alexandra

    Police discovered the bodies of two South African men who were shot in Langlaagte.

    2670 days ago
  • A group of looters break into a foreign-owned store in White City, Soweto on 22 January 2014. Picture: Gia Nicolaides/EWN

    Langlaagte: Two killed in Xenophobic looting incidents

    One man's body was found outside a Somali store and the other in a nearby informal settlement.

    2670 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

    'Local and foreign business owners must unite'

    Gauteng Premier David Makhura says foreign shopkeepers are merely making an honest living.

    2671 days ago
  • Gauteng Premier David Makhura is addressing hundreds of foreign business owners in Mayfair. Picture: Thando Kubheka/EWN

    Makhura vows to protect foreign business owners

    Gauteng Premier David Makhura has met with hundreds of business owners who were forced to flee Soweto.

    2671 days ago
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