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South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Glimpsetv(op): 9:25am On Jul 22
In the nighttime video, a South African man walks through the streets while filming and speaking to the camera. He shows various spots to illustrate his point.

He says:
“Business is dying in South Africa. Nobody is making money. Africans have left, and now we have our own businesses. It’s very clean, but it’s also very quiet.”

(Here "Africans" refers to foreign African nationals — immigrants and traders from other African countries such as Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and others who operated businesses, shops, and stalls in the area.)

He points the camera toward a food stall with well-grilled chicken and other meats on display, but notes there are no customers around. He then pans to an empty club area, saying it used to be bubbling and packed at this time, but now it’s completely quiet because the people (foreign Africans) who used to make the place busy have gone.

He continues:
“Around this time on a normal Saturday, you couldn’t even get through this street because it would be packed. But look at it now.”

The man adds that it will even be worse in the coming weeks because more foreigners will leave.


Purpose of the video:

The video is a direct on-the-ground complaint about the economic decline in the area. The man is showing the visible emptiness — quiet streets, idle food vendors with grilled chicken but no buyers, and a once-lively club now deserted — to demonstrate how the departure of foreign African nationals (who drove much of the customer traffic and hustle) has hurt local businesses. He warns that the situation will deteriorate further as more foreigners leave.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYsAmP2fN14?si=2lNGVqNgcuVUouLj

Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Namaster: 9:34am On Jul 22
The people who are DRIVING OUT foreigners are JOBLESS.
So they DON'T care about this.

Misery LOVES company.

They are JOBLESS and POOR.
So they want others to be JOBLESS and POOR too.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by donleo92(m): 10:07am On Jul 22
They should keep their jabzs grin

Lazy ass southy men.

Known for violence and gambling
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by madridguy(m): 10:10am On Jul 22
You cannot eat your cake and still have it.

Once the cake is eaten, it is gone, meaning you cannot simultaneously consume a resource and keep it.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Gotocourt: 10:57am On Jul 22
Ordinary closing of border wey President Buhari do, Nigeria was never the same. Companies relocated.
How much more violence on investors and foreigners (migrants workers).

Small businesses take the first hit before the manufacturing sector. Financial market investors will pull out their funds.

Randdigital Samantha247 ,wuna go confirm am grin.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Sheuns(m): 10:57am On Jul 22
You guys will adapt. Keep it up.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Brendaniel: 10:58am On Jul 22
Then they start doing another round protest against the government "BRING BECK OUR ECONOMY"

Economy wey dem take their own hand destroy grin
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Shnew(m): 11:00am On Jul 22
Una never see anything yet
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Sunkyboie(m): 11:00am On Jul 22
With time you will understand the impact of foreign investors
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by deebrain(m): 11:00am On Jul 22
Simple.

Just employ those that came out en mass to chase out the foreigners stealing their jobs.

There are jobs available now.

They should let go their Zulu custumes, sucker up and work to develop their country.

Or they don't want to work again?

Or na only that their Shaka Shaka Zulu Dance and shouting 'freedom' Dem Sabi?
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Lastbornomomama(m): 11:00am On Jul 22
More are yet to come for South Africa. Come and ask Nigerian when we did Ghana Must Go. What’s the outcome then we know most works are been done by Nigerians then. But now we are forced to learn many work we don’t see as work then. South African’s will soon learn how to do more of business than flexing thy are use to before. God Bless Nigeria
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by tuoyoojo(m): 11:01am On Jul 22
Make I nor lie this south Africa thing don tire me

Make all men face their lives , no need crying over spilled milk

The damage has been done

Everyone go dey alright las las
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Queenserah1(f): 11:01am On Jul 22
All actions have consequences.

Every decision we make carries a result, whether positive or negative.

You cannot possibly eat your cake and still expect to have it untouched.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Dogalmighty17: 11:02am On Jul 22
These South Africans have not seen anything yet.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by jaxxy(m):
Everybody in south africa is an immigrant both the white boers europeans and the bantu blacks almost similar to america but on cheap drugs and local aphrodisiacs.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by mecuries(m): 11:03am On Jul 22
What South Africans don't understand is that foreigners (other Africans and the whites) made South Africa what it is today and not South Africans. 10 years from now without foreigners, South Africa would become a third world country
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by AntiChristian: 11:03am On Jul 22
I pray their GDP drops by the greatest margin ever!
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by gigabyte13: 11:04am On Jul 22
It is the contribution of others that makes a nation stand strong, no countries can stand alone, not even the United States of America.
Who is South Africa sef......
I was shocked, during the USA Canada trade war that Canada supplies electricity to many United States cities.
Infact the prime minister of Canada threaten to cut off that power supplies if Trump did not behave.
Trump quick pack himself well.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by omoredia: 11:04am On Jul 22
This is fake news. Nigerians we are yet to see the business they brought from South Africa to Nigeria oo
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by allthingsgood: 11:06am On Jul 22
These people are sooo stewpid
After driving away the only source of hope and livelihood for black south Africans, the lazy ingrates are now crying. This is what hate and xenophobia does.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by bigdammyj: 11:06am On Jul 22
Noted.

Story for the gods.

It's the starting point.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Benrosaria(m): 11:08am On Jul 22
Optionals making mandates #onlyinAfrica 💔
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Fiscus105(m):
You don't want to work, but you want to enjoy.
Those that are working that are making your economy viable you chased them away......you never see anything oooo.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Sensiblerealist(m): 11:09am On Jul 22
Make una leave the haters alone. It's about time every moved ahead. Make una face front
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by frog12: 11:09am On Jul 22
to be jobless, and only foreigners are getting jobs, you go become angry. the killing is bad but their govt should pass laws
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Samantha125(f):
So when he's talking about a business dying, he's referring to a tarven being empty? Personally, I wouldn't mind if it closes down, my apologies to the owner.

But this should be good news.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Freshtruth(m): 11:12am On Jul 22
Na Igbo get Lagos the day Igbos decides to leave Lagos will be worse than Ondo and osin state
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by bestman09(m): 11:15am On Jul 22
Dem never see anything yet
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by koladata(m): 11:16am On Jul 22
I can't go to south Africa for any reason even if you offer me 100million, I just never liked the country and I don't know why... and this is even before the xenophobia thing self
Gotocourt:
Ordinary closing of border wey President Buhari do, Nigeria was never the same. Companies relocated.
How much more violence on investors and foreigners (migrants workers).

Small businesses take the first hit before the manufacturing sector. Financial market investors will pull out their funds.

Randdigital Samantha247 ,wuna go confirm am grin.
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by Adeoye11(m): 11:20am On Jul 22
But I have a question though, while listening to a popular radio station in adeola odeku I heard a caller saying he is calling from South Africa which makes me to ask that are there still some Nigerians in SA?

Then I hope we are learning for those calling for South Africans businesses to leave our country too.

You must be able to face the consequences of whatever decision you are making.



Their head like kuli alata
Re: South African Man Laments Businesses Dying After Foreigners Left (photos/video) by GodHimself(m): 11:21am On Jul 22
Are the big businesses dying?

He's only pointing out "poor man" driven businesses.

Have the high-end businesses declined?
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