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Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by erniok(m): 11:55am On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
So it's no longer about his immigration status right? You SAs are 🤡
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by forgiveness: 11:56am On Jun 17
RandDigital:
His boldness eminates from his arrogance, not because he's properly documented or following labour laws.

Who told you South Africans can't run spaza shops? Maybe concentrate more in acquiring skills to run supermarkets because since Shoprite left your shelves and malls in Nigeria are laying empty all across the corn-try.
The reason Shoprite ran away was because they couldn't compete.

How do you know he is not properly documented? Are you immigration? Did you check his document?
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by forgiveness: 11:57am On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
If June 30 comes and it is established that he employed 25 South Africans, what is the next step?
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Bittersweetnig(m): 11:58am On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
who allow this one here, you see how stupid NL is, you are banning people who are making sense and allow who is instigating violence.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Sonnobax15(m): 11:59am On Jun 17
Lionessza6:
😭😭😭

We're just enjoying the latest episode of the "South Africa Regrets Everything" channel.

Yesterday it was the protesting "working girls". Today it's the shack shop owner supposedly employing 25 South Africans. 😂

And somehow this has ended with Nelson Mandela, donations, sacrifices and freedom struggle speeches.

Brother, are you here to post about the topic or filing an emotional insurance claim from 1994?

The tears are flowing harder than the donations ever did. 😂
You bunch of ingrates will surely reap every fruit of every action y'all have sown on your fellow black Africans. It's only a matter of time.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by IronGalaxy:
RandDigital:
Even a maid in SA gets paid a living wage. If you're undocumented you have to settle for slave wages. And that means that brother of yours who is hiring undocumented migrants is breaking both SA migration and labour laws.
Undocumented Malwaians are fighting our police as we speak because they refuse to be deported, tomorrow these are the same people that will decry "xenophobia" or "violence" make a thread about this RandDigital
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by peleson1: 12:01pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
Shame on you .

I read on ststisense that blacks in South Africa are owned .
Don't go to college .
Least educated and lazy . Yes I saw their women say it protesting that their South Africans blacks are lazy
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Chucks13: 12:01pm On Jun 17
Oga strong head can't solve this issue the people you are dealing who are meeh(goats) in human flesh and remember if this same pipu can kpai Lucky Dube with no remorse and passed the blame on Zimbaab people so pls be very careful living in animal kingdom as a human
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by summerflame(m): 12:01pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
Xenophobia is that you ?
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Wealthoptulent(m): 12:03pm On Jun 17
Okies, dem don dey march GO

Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by forgiveness: 12:04pm On Jun 17
Lionessza6:
LMAO 😂😂😂

Cococandy, come and see this "news."

From the same Nigerian YouTube channel that previously brought us the pro-migrant protesting "working girls" 😭 and those legendary taxi drivers who apparently spend their days missing foreign taxi drivers on South African roads. 😂

Now we've upgraded the script.

Today we have a Nigerian employer operating a slum shop who supposedly employs 25 South Africans. Twenty-five. An achievement that not even a corner Shoprite Usave can claim. 😭😭

But don't worry, there's video evidence. And someone standing there agrees with him. So it must be true.

At this rate, next week's episode will feature a foreign spaza shop employing more people than the entire JSE. 😂😂😂 or maybe a video of SA nurses crying for more foreign patients since hospitals are now a little bit more quiet? grin
There's no need to assume. His statement should be verified and if found untrue then you can do your worse but provided he breaks your immigration and labour laws. But if truly he is right then what do you think should be done to him?
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by SecuritybriefNg(op): 12:04pm On Jun 17
SecuritybriefNg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3EJqafUV4


Let's Discuss About This.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB3EJqafUV4

Come back home bro...no place like home. Home sweet home come and make your place better. Come an employ your community boys and girls.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by CJStarz: 12:04pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
If you gat any atom of shame and dignity in you, you wouldn't be exhibiting your xenophobic tendencies in a Nigerian platform. If Seun was your xenophobic type, you wouldn't be here na afiri mouth
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by forgiveness: 12:08pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Even a maid in SA gets paid a living wage. If you're undocumented you have to settle for slave wages. And that means that brother of yours who is hiring undocumented migrants is breaking both SA migration and labour laws.
You might be right but what if he rightly and legally employed SA people which didn't break SA migration and labour laws, what do you think should be done to him?
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Tenrack: 12:10pm On Jun 17
Lionessza6:
😂😂😂

Of course they can't trend that.

You want them to spend their days discussing bandits, kidnappings, terrorism and all the other chaos happening in their backyard?

How will they find time to produce the daily South Africa collapse prophecy?

And let's be honest, if they start focusing too much on local news, they might accidentally expose some uncomfortable realities about Nigerian men that are far less flattering than their favourite "South Africa is finished" storyline. 😭

So it's much safer to spend 24 hours a day monitoring South Africa.

Every crime, every protest, every political statement, every taxi argument, every viral video.

At this point some of them know more about South African politics than their own local councillors. 😂

South Africa trends.

The problems at home get postponed until further notice.
as a Nigerian I am totally in agreement with you. My people are a very selfish, docile and foolish people.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by RandDigital: 12:13pm On Jun 17
forgiveness:
You might be right but what if he rightly and legally employed SA people which didn't break SA migration and labour laws, what do you think should be done to him?
Anyone with proper immigration and labour documents is free to operate in SA. The government has warned people against viligantism and conducting citizen arrests.

Since he has gone public I would like to believe the relevant authorities would pay him a visit and check his books.

But I can tell you now, there's no way he's employing South Africans.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by forgiveness: 12:21pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone with proper immigration and labour documents is free to operate in SA. The government has warned people against viligantism and conducting citizen arrests.

Since he has gone public I would like to believe the relevant authorities would pay him a visit and check his books.

But I can tell you now, there's no way he's employing South Africans.
Then the organization should leave alone and wait for the relevant authorities to verify his claims and immigration status.

What I saw in that video is viligantism. That should not be encouraged in this century.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by 1972xy: 12:23pm On Jun 17
Igbo man !
Until they begin beating him before he leaves.
What stops him shipping his goods to Nigeria?
Southy is not Lagos.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by kiddaz: 12:24pm On Jun 17
I no get time to waste arguing with people who can't see beyond their noses. My joy is, when the dust settles, and it will, we will know who is who. Everyone involved will definitely learn their lessons and the empty ones will repeat it again while the smart ones will climb higher. In the mean time every empty barrel can be making noise online. Ciao cool
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Ibadanfarmroad: 12:25pm On Jun 17
They should go to their state of origin as soon as they land Nigeria.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by jazzman7711: 12:25pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
His boldness eminates from his arrogance, not because he's properly documented or following labour laws.

Who told you South Africans can't run spaza shops? Maybe concentrate more in acquiring skills to run supermarkets because since Shoprite left your shelves and malls in Nigeria are laying empty all across the corn-try.
OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE, ZULU....

WE HAVE FAR MORE THAN YOUR STUPID SHOPRITE IN NIGERIA.

SUCH A BORE...
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by jazzman7711: 12:27pm On Jun 17
forgiveness:
Then the organization should leave alone and wait for the relevant authorities to verify his claims and immigration status.

What I saw in that video is viligantism. That should not be encouraged in this century.
THEY'RE SAVAGES.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by kiddaz: 12:28pm On Jun 17
Hahahahahaha...very funny but clearly says it all grin

Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by RandDigital: 12:29pm On Jun 17
forgiveness:
Then the organization should leave alone and wait for the relevant authorities to verify his claims and immigration status.

What I saw in that video is viligantism. That should not be encouraged in this century.
Remember people have lost trust in the system so they're now policing their communities themselves. There's collusion between illegal migration syndicates and SA officials, hence the situation has reached critical levels. Even if you reported an employer violating labour laws, more often the authorities will request a bribe.

There's currently a national probe into police corruption and it's revealing how rotten the system has become. You can Google it - Madlanga Commission.

It's a complex situation that's just simply labeled xenophobia by lazy journalists.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by dettolgel: 12:29pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
His boldness eminates from his arrogance, not because he's properly documented or following labour laws.

Who told you South Africans can't run spaza shops? Maybe concentrate more in acquiring skills to run supermarkets because since Shoprite left your shelves and malls in Nigeria are laying empty all across the corn-try.
Maybe, just maybe, the small Nigerian shops outperformed SA shoprite the reason they bolted back to SA? cheesy

In that same light, maybe, just maybe the spaza shops, are on the verge of running shoprite into the ground on shoprite's turf, and you guys wont stand for that grin
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by socoharley: 12:30pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
You southafricans really are a shameless lot...
Please what is your level of education and exposure?
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by Emyemyberry(m): 12:31pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Anyone familiar with SA will know he's lying. Those mini shops or Nigerians in general don't hire South Africans. They hire their own, Zimbabweans or Malawians cause they can't afford SA labour - we don't work for peanuts.

They'll approach him on June 30 to produce those 25 South African labourers - we'll see then.
guy go and create randyland and stop pushing your arrogance to our faces

You don't want Nigerians and other Africans in your country yet keep posting your country shit here
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by JuanDeDios: 12:31pm On Jun 17
AntiChristian:
No let them unalive you!

Better hear word!
I guess he'd learn when they set fire to his business. Some people just refuse to get it. 25 workers indeed - on top one shop.

Anyway, if he's documented (very likely, given his boldness) and he's decided to fight, I hope he knows what he's doing, which I doubt.
Re: "I Won't Close My Shop!" Nigerian Businessman Defies Xenophobia In South Africa by dettolgel: 12:32pm On Jun 17
RandDigital:
Remember people have lost trust in the system so they're now policing their communities themselves. There's collusion between illegal migration syndicates and SA officials, hence the situation has reached critical levels. Even if you reported an employer violating labour laws, more often the authorities will request a bribe.

There's currently a national probe into police corruption and it's revealing how rotten the system has become. You can Google it - Madlanga Commission.

It's a complex situation that's just simply labeled xenophobia by lazy journalists.
So from your analysis, you are saying that the root cause of the problem is the failure on the part of the government, to ensure that laws are implemented? If that is the case; how many of those responsible have lost their offices due to their failure to safe guard the interest of the people of SA?
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