Rebuker: A viral video is making the rounds, showing a group of young South African men chilling inside a township spaza shop — an informal corner store — after locals reportedly seized it from its immigrant owner.
In the clip, they are seen relaxing, smoking hookah, eating snacks, drinking, and filming the entire moment. One man in a white bucket hat speaks directly to the camera, appearing to claim ownership of the shop.
The footage has stirred fresh debate about South Africa’s deep frustrations with immigrant-run businesses, especially spaza shops owned by migrants from countries such as Nigeria, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Some locals argue that foreigners have crowded out opportunities and are affecting the township economy. Critics, however, describe such takeovers as outright looting and xenophobic vigilantism.
The shop already appears almost empty, raising questions about whether those who took over the business have the knowledge or know-how to run it profitably. Instead, it now looks more like a place where people are simply enjoying the moment, with no clear long-term plan to operate, grow, or make the business successful. The shop appears to be heading in the wrong direction.
At its core, the incident points to bigger issues, including high unemployment, economic desperation, and growing anti-foreigner sentiment in some communities.
Gbadugbakun: You are in a bus travelling and suddenly a traditional doctor stops the bus, says he's seeing an accident ahead and wants to drop off with his bags. A pastor calls from the back seat saying, 'Nothing will happen, let's go.' As a passenger, what will you do?
Righteousness2: President Trump we love you but this is the most useless and foolish talk that a mere creature powered by the Breath of the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL Can say.
Do you want to Destroy yourself and Nation? Do you want to become the modern Day Nebuchadnezzer who went into the bush and became an animal for 7years because of his utterances?
Who the hell are you to utter such words on THE COVENANT NATION OF THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.
ARE You not afraid President Trump? Do you want to become the Modern Day Nebuchadnezzer that jumps inside bush and becomes an animal for 7yrs all because of his Foolish talks?
I love you so much President Trump but I must tell you truth. You have acted Foolishly in making such utterance. Nobody body No being dares utters such such folly words about ISRAEL and remains.
Make amends quickly President to avoid making yourself and Nation a caricature.
BlackfireX: So Alfa you are clueless? So you make a claim without evidence? So you don't even know Islam? Shame on you... you are a disgrace to your deen...or is it that your deen is a lie?
Come to Yasu Al massih the saviour... Al Rahmon the merciful who died on the cross ...
If I die today my good works are nothing Al Rabb will judge sin And only the Personality I offended can give the Al furqan ( criterion) of how He will forgive me... for my salvation the Holy ONE that deserves all praises H-M-D was sent to die for me that is why he is the AL MASSIH
Hallelujah 🙌 to the king of Kings, IBN ELAHA( son of God)
I am sure of my Salvation in YASU AL MASSIH ( Jesus Christ) if I die today
BlackfireX: I can show you 10 places in the Quran and sahih hadiths that contradict you... that your sins are forgiven because of someone or something or someplace
Let me give you some... please call me a liar if it is... then I will give you the hadiths and Quran verses...
1. When you go to mecca for hajj you tawaf round the mecca your sins are forgiven
2. When you kiss the Blackstone that fell from heaven your sins are forgiven...infact in the last days that stone will have mouth to speak for all those who kissed it , interceding for them .
3. 5 times a day when Muslims pray ...during the Tashahhud...when you tell muhamed that peace be upon him ...your sins will be forgiven
4.when a Muslim dies ... Allah said every Muslim that die must open his eyes in the suffering of Hell ... despite your 5 days prayer, killing and hating Christains and Jews, zakat , Hajj and so on you will still end up in hell fire... then on the day of Judgment Allah will look for Christains and Jews to be your RANSOME , IN YOUR PLACE in hell while you go to heaven.
5. A woman who has lost 4 children will be shielded from hell because of his children s death
Let me stop here
Take away 1. Women are promiscuous because of Eve eating the forbidden fruit
2. Meat got rotten because of the children of Israel disobedience thousands of years ago.
I dare you to ask me for the hadiths and the Quran verse Please I dare you.
amoco: The Romans crucified criminals on the cross and it later became a symbol of torture, pains and humiliation. Nothing changed from that perspective except that Jesus Christ of Nazareth was also crucified on the cross, humiliated and buried thereafter. He rose again from the dead.
Christianity identifies with the cross because of Jesus of Nazareth. It didn't remove the suffering associated with the cross. They identify with the cross as the painful object Jesus died on to save the world from sin.
Atheists and skeptics also know the cross is a symbol of pain and suffering. They also repeat the clause " to carry one's cross" after Jesus said everyone needs to carry their cross....
you will be accounted for your sin on the day of judgement so brother chill, no body die for your sin
Willy2025: This is a premeditated murder. Technical and forensic investigations and analyses would have revealed the perpetrators. Unfortunately, the first responders at the crime scene have tampered with evidence. This type of place ought to have been cordoned off pending the arrival of forensic pathologists.
with which technology device do your so call security have to carry out the forensic investigation and fish out the perpetrator please tell me, we lack that....
franchasng: Our God is a spirit not an image or an idol.
We worship a living God, a spirit being, a great and mighty God not a crucifix or image, only false Christians will be angry with this. True Christians know that our God is a spirit being that exist everywhere including in our hearts and not in an image.
We don't fight for our God like others do instead our God fights for us.
Our God is more than able and powerful to defend itself in ways He prefers, which might not come as instant physical death or harm like you carnal humans want and expect. Our God is a spirit and His ways are mysterious and spiritual too, you cannot comprehend the ways of God, that's it.
So op, find another work, we are not the other people that see everything as blasphemy
Now your God is god of spirit not god of image and statue you have all over the churches across the world, confused set of creature always defending they Hippocrates
What crime did she commit when she did a legal business with other nation not a terrorist group, she has a registered business group what else do they want?
omikel: Don't ask me if I eat it o because I no gree give bingo. First portion to have a taste of it that same night as I was exhausted to the extent that my dinner disappeared from my belly as a result of Chasing, killing, roasting and preparation. This first portion which is ('ijarajara and ikumuku' sorry if you don't understand that) went down with garri o. (Double Dinner) Thank you for reading.
Laws are for the weak, the oppressed and the needy not for the mighty.
USA is exempted from any global law, they make the law and they keep the law and they decide who is at fault and who is not.
You cannot tell the gatekeeper that he is late, it is the gatekeeper that tells you who and who came late.
US is the gatekeeper of the world and only them decides who is at fault and who is not and if Russia, China, and all the other funny funny countries they have been forming yeye allies with don't like it, they can do their worst and their nations will be erased from world map, simple and short!
Make me President of America and I will delete many countries out of world map so that the world can have peace
At the quiet courtyard of the Abuja National Mosque, grief hung gently in the air as mourners gathered for the funeral prayer of Hajiya Umma El-Rufai. Among them stood two men whose strained relationship had become a subject of public conversation—Nasir El-Rufai and his successor, Uba Sani.
They arrived separately, each surrounded by aides, each carrying not just the weight of loss, but the tension of unresolved differences. Eyes followed them, whispers moved through the crowd. No one expected more than a distant acknowledgment—if even that.
Then came Isa Ali Pantami. Known for his calm presence and moral voice, Pantami moved quietly between the two men. He first greeted El-Rufai, offering words of comfort. Then he turned to Uba Sani, speaking softly, almost inaudibly amid the murmurs. After a brief moment, he gently signaled for both men to come closer.
There was a pause—the kind that stretches longer than time itself. For a second, it seemed uncertain. Then, slowly, they stepped forward.
What followed was simple, yet powerful: a handshake. Not forced, not dramatic—just firm enough to carry meaning. The crowd fell silent, as if witnessing something more than a greeting. In that moment, grief had done what politics could not—it softened hearts.
Pantami stood between them, not as a politician, but as a bridge.
No speeches were made. No declarations followed. But the message was clear: even in disagreement, humanity remains.
As the prayer concluded and the crowd began to disperse, many left with more than sorrow—they carried a quiet hope that perhaps, just perhaps, this moment marked the beginning of something new.
Thewrath: They are all gonna fall in line,even though the US is just testing their loyalty,it doesn’t really need that much help…Israel alone is enough for Iran..EU as a whole is nothing without the US!
Foreign Affairs › Re: South Africans Enjoying Immigrant-Owned Spaza Shop After Takeover (Pics, Video) by ALFADOS(m): 9:03am On Jul 17
