Kaya 959 Point of View with Phemelo Motene

COSAS mobilises for the total shutdown of foreign owned shops in Naledi

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The Congress of South African Students in Naledi, Soweto says it will continue to mobilise to ensure the total shutdown of foreign owned spaza shops. The students delivered After a memorandum of demands were handed to the City of Johannesburg this morning calling for regulation of the industry, a large group of residents, mostly youth began searching for foreign owned spaza shops. Phemelo speaks to Kaya News Reporter Karinda Jagmohan and COSAS Gauteng Provincial Lindokuhle Yende.
9 Oct 2024 5PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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