Clashes between cops and shops over Covid-19 lockdown

Durban business owners, including supermarket retailers and butchers, say that charges against them border on discrimination, are a violation of their human rights and amount to grandstanding.

Latimer told the Sunday Times the manager was charged with contravening regulations of the Disaster Management Act 2020.“We have been unfairly targeted. I'm not sure why,” he said. Meanwhile, the Chinese consulate in Durban said it was concerned about two incidents involving Chinese nationals.160,000 - The number of customers Oxford Family Supermarkets recorded at its stores in MarchA Chinese businessman, Ming Lai, was arrested this week after he allegedly locked up 14 employees and forced them to make protective face masks.

In a statement, the Chinese consul-general in Durban, Fei Mingxing, asked for the rights of Chinese citizens and legal processes to be guaranteed. Dube-Ncube said the department had been inundated with calls from people complaining about a sudden increase in prices at various retailers, including pharmacies and butcheries.

sahara67 You mean they refuse just to go inside and die of hunger? How unpatriotic of them...

Mara vele what's the difference between ShopRite and khumalo supermarket or dischem and traditional herbalist store.🤔

DeanMacpherson you are part of the problem with your gaslighting.... you are responsible in part for the clashes. Do your job and save lives...

The numbers don’t justify the allegations of a deepening crisis no wonder the press is going insolvent

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