August 25, 2009 Edition 1
Quinton Mtyala – Cape Times
LOCAL traders, operating in some of Cape Town’s townships have expressed their frustration at a “glass ceiling” which blocked their growth beyond spaza shops. Read the rest of this entry »
Media: Local traders frustrated at not being able to grow beyond spaza shops
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Tags: Gugulethu Business Forum, Lawrence Mgbangson, provincial legislature, Somali traders
Categories : Afrophobia (Xenophobia), Archives, Mainstream and Other News
Media: Somali traders are welcome in Gugs, says community
18 06 2009
June 16, 2009 Edition 1
Francis Hweshe Source: Cape Argus
Francis Hweshe Source: Cape Argus
TENSIONS between South African and Somalian shopkeepers in Guguletu have eased, at least temporarily.
Local traders apologised to their foreign counterparts after a letter purportedly written on behalf of a group calling itself the Gugulethu Business Forum called for Somali shopkeepers to pack up and and leave the area within seven days.
It is still not clear who was behind the letter, as locals for the most part refused to speak to the media at a meeting yesterday which was attended by Somali and South African traders, the police, the Anti-Eviction Campaign and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ Cape Town representative. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Captain Elliot Sinyangana, Gugulethu Business Forum, Gugulethu Sports Complex, Somali Association of South Africa, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Categories : Afrophobia (Xenophobia), Archives, Mainstream and Other News
Media: Threats against Somali traders
15 06 2009
15 June 2009
Anna Majavu
Source: Sowetan
TENSIONS in Gugulethu are rising after the Gugulethu Business Forum issued letters to Somali-owned shops on Saturday, warning them to leave the township within seven days.
Somali traders went to Gugulethu police station en- masse on Saturday night to open a case of intimidation against the Gugulethu Business Forum. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Gugulethu Business Forum, Gugulethu police, xenophobia
Categories : Afrophobia (Xenophobia), Archives, gugulethu, Mainstream and Other News
Media: Xenophobic tensions in Gugulethu calm down
5 06 2009
05 June 2009
Anna Majavu Source: The Sowetan
Anna Majavu Source: The Sowetan
XENOPHOBIC tensions in Gugulethu have been defused – at least for now – after business people from the area decided to start the Gugulethu Business Forum and seek talks with Somali traders next week.
The decision was made at a heated meeting of about 40 business people mediated by the Gugulethu Anti-Eviction Campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Gugulethu Business Forum, Gugulethu Square Mall, Somali, xenophobia
Categories : Afrophobia (Xenophobia), Archives, Mainstream and Other News
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