Proposed law could ban foreigners from doing business in Gauteng townships

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Premier’s office says bill is aimed at helping local businesses, but lobby group warns it could stoke xenophobia

SA’s economic hub of Gauteng is moving to pass a law that could make it illegal for foreign nationals to run certain formal and informal businesses in the townships.

A lobby group, however, has dismissed the Gauteng Township Economic Development Bill as a recipe for disaster, saying it is not only unconstitutional, but could lead to a flare-up of xenophobic attacks in SA’s richest province.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

 

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That law is taking too long to arrive, this people are destroying our country

Aaaaah that good old free market economy 🤨

Get a law that bans them from the CBD

so much for living in a democratic free society

'it could' stoke xenophobia ? Seriously ? Did a journalism student write this ?

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