With the World Cup having come and gone with the added advantage of visible policing, vulnerable groups such as foreign traders in townships in the Western Cape feel they have been left at the mercy of criminals.
In August alone, at least eight Somali shopkeepers were murdered in the Western Cape and three have been killed since the beginning of September, says the Somali Retailers Association.
"One of our members was killed on Monday night in Delft by gangsters," Somali Retailers Association chairperson Abdi Aden told News24.
According to Aden, gunmen came into the Delft store where two Somali men were working and shot both of them.
"One died on the spot, the other survived," he said, adding that the gunmen then robbed the store of money and cartons of cigarettes.
Delft police confirmed the incident.
Source: news24.com
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