Cops track extortionist targeting spaza shop owners :
Police monitored his movements as he drove around Langa, collecting the protection fees from spaza shops.
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EWN Jul 17
Cape Flats residents pushing back against extortionists targeting shop owners: Bonteheuwel councillor Angus McKenzie said several local shop owners have been ...
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Cops track extortionist targeting spaza shop owners: Police monitored his movements as he drove around Langa, collecting the protection fees from spaza shops.
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- Local spaza shop owners face unfair competition from foreign operators employing protection fees to maintain their businesses.
- The government intends to expand existing initiatives to municipal levels, providing owners with training, mentoring, and funding access.
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Furthermore, the reason why South Africans ask them to leave, but they don’t leave, is that they now have people who collect 'protection fees' to guard them. So when South Africans tell them to leave, they refuse because they have these enforcement groups protecting them. Even when the police come and close them, what do they do? They just reopen.— Sbonga Mkhize, North Region Business Association, describing the practice of 'protection fees' and enforcement groups guarding foreign shops.
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4 suspected gangsters arrested for Bonteheuwel spaza shop owner's murder: Police said the arrests were linked to an investigation into extortion targeting spaza ...
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- A Pakistani spaza shop owner was apprehended as the second suspect in the killing of 14-year-old Likhona Fose.
- The first accused, Mduduzi Trevor Mnisi, is set to appear in court on June 18 with bail likely to be opposed.
- Community involvement was crucial in linking the second suspect to the crime through tips and interrogation.
- The victim’s family believes the murder was motivated by hate, as Likhona identified as a lesbian and occult links are suspected.
Her tragic and brutal killing, suspected to be linked to occult practices, has shaken the community.— Tembe, who extended his condolences to the bereaved family, reaffirming the city's commitment to fighting heinous crimes.
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