Zim migrants lose jobs after raid on spaza shops

SOME Zimbabweans in South Africa have fallen victim to raids on spaza shops mostly owned by foreign nationals following incidents where children allegedly ate poisoned chips which left some dead and others hospitalised.

According to an infectious disease specialist from the University of Free State, the poisoning of food sold at spaza shops appears to be a deliberate ploy to discredit the informal tuckshops.

Indications are that South Africans are intensifying raids of foreign-owned shops while condemning the government for allowing undocumented migrants to run the shops.

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