PANEL DISCUSSION | tensions between Soweto residents and foreign nationals

Congress of South African Students' Siphiwe Maname, Johannesburg City's environmental health director Peter Manganye and Africa Diaspora Forum's Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda discuss the escalating tensions between Soweto residents and foreign nationals.

Maname says it's a lie that there are inspectors in the townships who inspect foreign-owned spaza shops for compliance. "It is a lie, maybe they have reported lies to him [City of Johannesburg's environmental health director Peter Manganye]," he says.

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[Kccung]

He is talking Rubbish all those spaza‘s are filthy

[KulaneDisashi]

Guys we really need to protest, discussing anything with government is a waste of our time honestly

[thaboaseripeaw]

Big lies they not doing inspecting our towns 😮😮😮

[bathenebuthelezi]

This guy is lying . They are not doing inspection in spaza shops 😮😮

[ngoakodonald]

M not trying to sound xenophobic but, why is it that this spaza shops are 100%owned by foreign nationals, whats wrong with our laws.honestly, you cannot go to This people's country and have 100%ownership of any form of business

[shazy-wpko]

Someone in government also the SAns who renting this people and the shop owner must be accountable, we are sick and tired of mislead by people who want their pockets full of money but want others in their grave, maybe our solution will be solved

[michaeltshabalala]

Mabahambe asisafuni nama results enu children are diying after that ani mind nokusibiza ngama xenophobic 😢😊

[Kekim]

I always say if South Africans support only local owned business, this people would not be able to continue opening spaza shops, but because we support them we will continue to suffer like this.

[TheProudSouthAfrican]

10:40 NONSENSE!!!! YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE STUPID!!!???? HOW PATIENT DO YOU WANT US TO BE

[michaeltshabalala]

Not 5000 you lying again this people they over millions 😢

[chrislebese]

But you know very well that people make their own food. All this illegal immigrants have wear houses that supply this spaza shops. Where do they get this food Sir? Please stop lying.

[Tinker]

Why not have a whistleblowing line for community to report concerns when they see expired foods, dirty shops, etc. Spaza shop owners said they tired of health inspectors coming to their shops threatening them for bribes.

[Palesa]

Foreigners owning these spaza shop don’t consume the goods sold in their Spaza shops. They go to spar .

[TebogoMogorosi-ko]

My concern is what is Ramaphosa and Malema saying?

[mothibeditseladimitloa]

The same with hijacked buildings and each incident, they stop checking and life goes on without any action taken.

[davisadventure]

Even if it contained the substance...he wouldn't tell us. . . they are doing their out most best to protect foreign national spaza shops. I'm still amazed that they are not regulated.

[michaeltshabalala]

Truely wow children are diying unesibindi

[mothibeditseladimitloa]

We don't have leaders in the City of Joburg, there's no action and only when there's an incident, they go to that area only and after they go back to their offices. No proactive but reactive. Same incident happened last year

[michaeltshabalala]

I agreed with you he is lying bafa kanjani abantwana abasebenzi ngaleso sikhathi ziyafa izingane ngapha nangapha baqwalisa nama illegal immigrants in the country 😢

[nthabisengmasia]

in Zimbabwe where he is coming from there's no rule of law, Zimbabweans must discuss their issue.