South African shops in Malawi shut in xenophobia boycott
April 26, 2015
The attacks were blamed on rivalry for jobs – and controversial remarks by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini[/caption]
South African-owned shops in Malawi have remained closed after calls for a boycott from activists angered at recent xenophobic attacks.
In the commercial capital Blantyre, armed police guarded several leading South African chain stores. Several hundred Malawians have been evacuated from South Africa after the recent wave of xenophobic violence. At least seven people have been killed and 5,000 left homeless since the attacks started last month. Consumer activist John Kapito, in the capital Lilongwe, said the aim of the boycott was “to send a symbolic message”. “South Africans cannot chase us from their countries and expect us to help them grow their economy by patronising their shops and goods,” he said. Outlets of the popular South African PEP, Shoprite and Game stores were closed in all major cities across the country, reports the BBC’s Raphael Tenthani from Blantyre. [caption id="attachment_17734" align="alignright" width="300"]
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