Jabulani Tuck Shop owner Tseliso Nkomo, 54, said he finds it unfair to be put through this process.
“I’ve owned my tuck shop for more than five years and I’ve never had problems or was accused of poisoning children or anyone, but here I am. I was made to stand in the sun for four hours to re-register my business, this they say to regulate and make things better, but I didn’t poison anyone,” said Nkomo.
He said foreigners were trying “to register their shops under false pretences”.
“The majority of these owners are asylum seekers and they’ve come here with their landlords to register their shops and it’s wrong and illegal. It’s against the law for asylum seekers to do this [own a business] yet nothing is being done but we’re being punished,” he said.
The police, accompanied by amapanyaza (crime prevention wardens), have been on the scene since the morning trying to keep the peace.
