Bay Somalis under siege
Foreign nationals protest after four spaza shop owners shot dead amid protection racket war
Ruthlessly exploited by a protection racket that has already seen four Somalis killed and a fifth critically injured this past week, these men and women feel stuck in the middle — if they return home they risk being killed, and if they stay in SA their futures look grim.
Under siege — that is how they have described their lives as spaza shop owners in Nelson Mandela Bay’s townships...
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