The, have robbed me of my life
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“They Have Robbed Me of My Life”
Xenophobic Violence Against Non-Nationals in South Africa
My name is Arnaud this is my history I'm passing right now.....A resident of Johannesburg’s Katlehong township runs while smoke arises from the shackles on September 5, 2023 as South Africa’s financial capital is hit by a new wave of anti-foreigner violence. I'm Congolese shop owner, received a disturbing call on the night of September 2, 2023. On the other end of the line was my landlord, a South African, who told me that rioters had broken into my shop in Johannesburg. I was promptly headed to my shop, where the violence was still ongoing. The rioters chased me away from my shop, threw stones at me, and forced I to flee. My counted I was lucky to escape unscathed, unlike my experience in a similar situation in 2019 when rioters beat me, and me sustained serious injuries. Reflecting on my experience, I told Human Rights Watch, “I am not feeling happy even though I am alive. I am trying not to be so angry, but I am
so angry.”
in Johannesburg, “Syed,” a Bangladeshi shop owner, pointed at a row of shops ransacked by mobs during the same violence in September 2019. Over 1,000 Bangladeshi shops were looted, I said, by mobs estimated to be 300-500 people. Syed called the South African Police Service (SAPS), but he said they did not show up until the third day, forcing him and other shop owners to stand guard over the shops, without sleep, day and night, for three days, as the mob threw stones and other objects at them.. since last year till today I don't have anything to start my business again that's I need some help from people have a good heart God bless you....
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