Social unrest warning for South Africa
On a thoroughfare that usually throbs with music, shouted bargains and the bustle of downtown Johannesburg, the metal shutters on the shops are closed. Police patrol the Smal Street Mall, where an operation targeting undocumented migrants forced outlets offering everything from Mozambican fabrics to Nigerian cosmetics to shut. Sam BusaURL
Business leaders send an urgent warning to Ramaphosa
Business groups say the collapse of Johannesburg is a national economic emergency that needs to be urgently resolved. In an open statement appealing to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the national government and political parties, major business groups have united in a call to stem Joburg’s decline and rebuild the city. Sam BusaURL