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Immigrant traders see their livelihoods destroyed by March and March

Traders with documents and permits chased away, leaving Bellville bus terminus market almost empty

The usually bustling bus station market at the Golden Arrow terminus in Bellville has been emptied by anti-immigrant protests.
Dozens of immigrant traders who usually traded at the Golden Arrow terminus in Bellville are staying away because of anti-immigrant protests.
When we visited the once bustling site last week, it was quiet with only a handful of traders. Many stalls were deserted.
Some traders we spoke to said they had tried to set up shop in other areas but were stopped. They have not traded at the bus site since the March and March 30 June “deadline” demanding “illegal immigrants” leave South Africa.
“I need to pay rent, put food on the table, and pay the bills,” a Zimbabwean man…

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