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Bellville traders take City of Cape Town, SAPS and anti-immigrant vigilantes to court

The traders want the court to declare threats and acts of intimidation as unfair discrimination

Lawyers at the Legal Resources Centre, on behalf of over 20 immigrant traders, want the court to declare threats and acts of intimidation by anti-immigrant vigilante groups unfair discrimination. Above, March and March supporters protesting in Bellville in May 2026. Archive photos: Ashraf Hendricks
Lawyers at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) have approached the court on behalf of over 20 immigrant traders supported by the Somali Association of South Africa against the state and anti-immigrant vigilante groups.
This follows violent attacks and clashes at the Bellville trading zone and Middestad Mall, which have prevented permitted informal traders from operating since 30 June (the unofficial deadline set by March and March and affiliated groups for undocumented immigrants to leave the country)…

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