Foreigners who lost their stalls in Yeoville market fire fear for the future

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Advocacy group the African Diaspora Forum said it was seeking clarity on the origin of the blaze, which had affected many foreigners. The group said it had heard two stories - one being that the blaze was a xenophobic attack and another that it was ...

Solange Mayamba is desperate for help after she lost her stock in a fire that rampaged through stalls at the Yeoville market.When Solange Mayamba received a call that her stall was among those that burnt in a fire at the Yeoville market, all she could think about was her children.

She rushed to the site and couldn't believe what she found. She helplessly watched her stall burn to ashes along with all of her stock.Mayamba, who started her food business at the market in 2016, said it was a means to daily survival. She bought her stock on credit and paid her suppliers back after making sales..“I don’t know how I will survive with my children. I pay rent and now my shop is burnt.

“They say all foreigners must leave. They say we must leave and give people of SA our stalls,” said Mayamba. “They started to threaten people standing outside. They were singing and swearing and they told us that we would see what was going to happen,” said Luvudi.

 

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These foreigners subbortage each other and then name it xenophobia, bliksams, gaan julle huis toe. Ons nodig julle nie in ons land. Your tricks won't work.

NHLANHLA lux 💔💔💔

They must go set these in their countries- it’s time! Our government should not be asked to use our taxes to help foreigners when our people can’t even set up these businesses in their own country

Blaze its normal thing in South Africa even our palarment once caught Blaze,so a stall in Yeoville its just little incident.

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