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16 Zimbabweans among dozens arrested in Pretoria major crime crackdown
The City of Tshwane's weekly "Reclaim our City" crime operations have led to the arrest of 61 illegal immigrants in Sunnyside, Pretoria.Sixteen of the apprehended illegal immigrants are from Z...Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 09:04hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Pick n Pay store shutdown over cockroach infestation
The mayor of Tshwane, Dr Nasiphi Moya announced that a Pick n Pay store at the Blu Valley Centre, in Centurion Gauteng, has been shut down due to non-compliance with health regulations. In a v...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 10:54hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
South Africa GNU sees +1,000 businesses shut down in less than a month
South Africa has shut down 1,041 mom-and-pop stores in a bid to stop people from consuming pesticide-laden food, which has led to the deaths of 38 children across the country.President Cyril R...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:14hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants lose jobs in SA after raid on spaza shops
Zimbabweans working in South Africa's spaza shops are facing hardship following a series of raids targeting foreign-owned tuckshops after allegations of food poisoning incidents, which have left child...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's big business wants spaza shop economy?
Major businesses across South Africa are looking to capitalise on the country's booming informal economy, with many companies licking their lips at an opportunity worth hundreds of billions of rands....Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 10:04hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Whites want South Africa's township economy
South Africa has had Spaza shops controlled by foreigners for the better part of 30 years, and we never had food poisoning. But all of a sudden, now that white foreigners are building malls in the tow...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 15:16hrs | 924 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Mbalula attacks Madam Zille
Cracks within the Government of National Unity (GNU) have continued to widen after ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula launched a blistering attack on the DA's federal chairperson Helen Zille, accusi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 09:49hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants flee Dudula raids in Soweto
A STREET trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall.For about 30 minutes,...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:44hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree Town Council plans to demolish vending structures
The Plumtree Combined Residents and Development Association (PCRADA) is in conflict with the Plumtree Town Council over the council's plans to remove informal traders from the central business distric...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:40hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
South Africa inspecting restaurants to flush out immigrants
The new South African Minister of Home Affairs, Dr. Leon Schreiber, has announced increased inspections at restaurants, spaza shops, farms, and mines to combat illegal immigration.South Africa...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:33hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
Mass deportation still Gayton McKenzie party's top priority
The Patriotic Alliance (PA) is not backing down on the call for mass deportation of illegal immigrants, despite them being featured in the Government of National Unity (GNU).The PA’s deputy ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:25hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-listed companies get leeway to report financials in US dollars
Zimbabwean companies listed on the stock exchange are now permitted to present their financial statements in US dollars due to the swift dollarization of the economy. The CEO of the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 18:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers suffer in SA
ZIMBABWEANS, together with other foreign nationals, are continuing to bear the brunt of vigilante attacks by South African citizens, who are accusing them of taking their jobs and committing crime....Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The heartbeat of a lost nation!
The first time I visited freedom park in 2009, I had mixed emotions about the past, the present and the future. The selfless sacrifices of the fallen heroes left me speechless. At that point I knew th...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 11:59hrs | 11 | by Eric Shikobela
Mass demonstration for deportation of foreigners in South Africa set for 16 October
A certain section of South Africans under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst will stage a demonstration in Pretoria calling for the immediate deportation of foreigners from the Southern neighbouring...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 15:15hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beware a woman sc Beware a woman scorned - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
When is a crisis not a crisis? When it's a challenge. Despite the manifest economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe the ANC agreed to refer to it only as a challenge when it held a crucial meeting wi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:27hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
What happened to Ubuntu?
I have been watching the violence and looting of foreign owned-businesses over the past few weeks across South Africa, first in Johannesburg and now escalating in Pretoria, with despair. The a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 9 | by Susan Tolmy
'Zimbabweans safe in midst of South Africa looting frenzy'
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa are safe following a spate of attacks and looting of foreign owned shops by locals in the neighbouring country this week, a senior official has said.In an in...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans 'safe' in SA looting frenzy
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa are safe following a spate of attacks and looting of foreign owned shops by locals in the neighbouring country this week, a senior official has said.In an in...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
SA cops warn against attacks of foreigners
POLICE in South Africa have warned against mob attacks and killings against foreigners following attacks on suspected Zimbabweans that occurred in Thohoyandou and Makhado leaving one dead.Sour...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
What I learnt from an Indian's Expensive Airtime
I have always been very sceptical about buying airtime from some Indian Spaza shops who sell R10 airtime for R10.50 . Although the extra 50 cents they add to the official R10 isn't a big amount, the v...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 17:13hrs | 3 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Informal trading given a lifeline through apps
Mobile payment services platform MobiCash is making the prospect of inclusive growth and economic transformation for township spaza owners a reality through its pilot service MobiSpaza.'Spaza'...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 17:19hrs | 2 | by Kgaogelo Letsebe
South Africa xenophobia fears mount
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has urged Zimbabweans to be on high alert and avoid moving at night as xenophobic violence continues to escalate in the neighbouring country.Reports yest...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners flee as looting starts in SA
FOREIGNERS were forced to close up shop in Botshabelo after unrest that lasted from Sunday night until Tuesday.The unrest was fuelled by apparent dissatisfaction over the people nominated as c...Published: 29 May 2016 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mobile payment service introduced in South Africa
Unbanked South Africans in rural communities and townships can now access a variety of financial services through MobiCash, a recently introduced mobile payment services platform.According to ...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by MobiCash creates wider channels for users to transact without withdrawing funds, says MobiCash's Donald Mudenge.
Council approves construction of Spaza shops in Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO City Council has allocated land to Cowdray Park residents, under the Hlalani Kuhle housing project, land to construct tuck shops due to a shortage of shopping facilities in the sprawling sub...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC SA Welcomes SCA Ruling on the Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees to Operate Spaza Shops
The MDC SA acclaims the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in which the court ruled that refugees and asylum seekers have a legal right to operate spaza or tuck shops in South Africa a...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 09:10hrs | | by Kumbirai T Muchemwa, MDC SA Information and Publicity Secretary
SA govt condemns xenophobic attacks
Johannesburg - Government on Tuesday condemned xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals in certain areas of Gauteng and the Vaal."Government has noted with concern so-called xenophobic att...Published: 28 May 2013 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ANC's bid to ban non South Africans from running Spazas, 'shocking and xenophobic'
South Africa - An African National Congress (ANC) policy document proposing new measures to manage asylum seekers has sparked an outcry from rights groups and migrant communities who slammed it as "wo...Published: 11 Mar 2012 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Hard Talk's Stephen Sackur interviews ANC Youth league's Julius Malema
Embattled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema kept his cool throughout his interview with BBC journalist Stephen Sackur.Sackur was interviewing the youth leader on his current affairs sh...Published: 19 Apr 2011 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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