FOREIGN business owners were allegedly attacked, assaulted and chased out of their shops in Isipingo on Monday, 30 March.
KZN MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Willies Mchunu, has expressed anger at the incident.
The full details of the incident are still scant, however, it is alleged the foreign shop owners were allegedly attacked, assaulted and chased out of their shops.
When they fled to their residence, it is alleged that their attackers pursued them and pelted the place with stones.
Mchunu expressed anger and condemned this latest attack, describing it as pure criminality that should be treated as such.
He said attacks on foreign nationals were undermining peaceful efforts to resolve this matter.
“We are extremely disappointed and angered by these latest attacks. As government, we will work flat out to mobilise the people of KZN and their community safety structures to denounce and campaign against the attacks of foreign nationals. Teams from my department are already on the ground, working with the police and all concerned to initiate talks that will produce a lasting solution to these attacks.
We must continue engaging in talks to resolve whatever differences that might have emerged around the presence of these business people in the areas in question. I have also been assured that police have a security plan to address the escalation of these attacks,” said Mchunu.
He appealed to communities to work with the police to ensure these attacks come to an end.
