A MSUNDUZI councillor has endorsed efforts by the Imbali
business community, to send a clear message to a foreign shopkeeper there, to
move out of the area.
A week ago, a foreign-owned spaza shop was looted in Imbali unit two, in what the owner believes was a xenophobic attack, on his business.
Shop-owner,
Abaynhe Alemehu, who has been living in South Africa for 10 years, said he now
fears for his life.
He
described the incident as an act of hatred, driven by jealousy.
Plessislaer
police spokesperson captain Musa Ntombela confirmed the incident, and said
three men had been arrested, with one released on bail, and the others remanded
in custody.
Alemehu
said the attack followed several threatening letters, that had been sent to him
in the past few months, instructing him to either abandon his shop and leave,
or face the consequences.
He
believes the attack at his shop was a deliberate attack, and not a robbery.
Ward
19 councillor Caiphus Ndawonde, admitted to have been part of meetings, at
which local businesses, banned foreign business, from operating in the ward.
The
counsillor said after calling a meeting with the people from whom the foreign
shopowners, rent their shop spaces, and they did not come, the committee then
decided to write to the shop-owners, informing them that they have been given
three months, to leave the township.
ANC
provincial secretary Super Zuma said they were not aware of the matter, but
will take it further through the means of investigation.
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