Lwandile Mtsolo, a South African human rights activist and former Secretary-General of the South African Students Union, has highlighted that part of the reasons for the anti-migrant demonstrations is the perception that undocumented foreign nationals are dominating South Africa’s small business sector, specifically informal “spaza” shops.
He noted this in an interview on Arise TV, on the heels of the June 30 deadline set by protesters for undocumented foreigners to leave the country.
Under South African law, foreign nationals generally require a minimum investment capital of five million rand to establish a business legally.
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Speaking on the developments, Mtolo, argued that the demonstrations are targeting those operating outside these parameters. “If you open a spaza shop in South Africa with a capital investment of less than five million, you are committing a crime,” he said, adding
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