Landlords renting to foreign shopkeepers living in fear

SAfm — Property owners renting out buildings used as spaza shops to foreigners in Soweto, are living in fear as threats of violence against them intensify. Last week chaos broke out in several parts of the township as locals clashed with foreign shop owners. Three people were killed. The violence follows allegations that foreign-owned shops were selling fake or expired goods. There has also been reports that this particular outbreak of violence was sparked by the killing of a teenage boy allegedly by a foreign shop owner. Sashin Naidoo visited the area and compiled this report.