Gauteng govt calls for calm following looting of foreign-owned shops: Maile
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Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics
The Gauteng Community Safety Department says the looting of foreign-owned shops at White City in Soweto is not as a result of claims that the foreign shop owners are selling expired goods, but an act of criminality. The Gauteng Community Safety Department has confirmed that the death toll in White City, Soweto, has risen to three following violent clashes between foreign shop owners and community members. This followed protests over claims that the foreign-owned shops were selling expired goods. Twenty-seven people have been arrested for various crimes including murder, attempted murder, possession of unlicensed firearms and public violence. The Gauteng provincial government will dispatch a team to investigate the violence, for more on this we are joined by the Gauteng MEC for Economic Development Lebogang Maile. For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
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