- A business owner in South Africa has reiterated his decision not to hire locals
- Boss reportedly cut ties with undocumented foreign workers before making unpopular decision
- Members of a local movement demanding businesses reopen and hire South Africans amid the Xenophobia crisis
A Business The owner in South Africa has refused to hire local workers, leading to a tense standoff with a community member.
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The confrontation came after the owner reportedly cut ties with undocumented foreign workers at his company.
South Africans are increasingly demanding that companies replace foreign workers with local citizens, with some groups going so far as to raid businesses to get their point across.
In a video reported by YEN.com.ghAn activist group confronted a company and made it clear jobs Must be submitted whether applicants have a CV or not.
The leader of the group said that they were not asking but instead demanding employment for South African citizens in place of foreign workers.
Business owner clashes with South African
A Spartan business owner has now decided to no longer hire South African workers after reportedly cutting ties with undocumented foreign workers.
The owner has also rejected requests from members of the March and March Movement to reopen the business and recruit residents.
According to the owner, although the former employees have already left the country, they have chosen to keep the company closed rather than employ a new workforce.
The decision reportedly led to a heated clash between the business owner and a member of the local community.
In a video capturing the incident, the unnamed business owner is seen getting out of his car as he is met by a South African man.
The man asked why the business wouldn't hire locals, and the owner told him he could leave now, because he wouldn't hire South Africans.
When the owner doubted his decision, the man forbade him from shouting and said that he was not a child.
x video Details of the confrontation between the business owner and the South African man are shown below.
YEN.com.gh The exact date or location of the video cannot be independently verified.
Netizens react to appointment controversy in South Africa
Reaction to the video was largely sympathetic to the business owner, with many defending his right to close the company rather than take on new employees.
YEN.com.gh Compiled some comments from the post.
Tlou wrote:
“Let him starve to death, there are businesses that will be happy to continue operating.”
Deeeeee! Said:
“Open your own business, you can't force a man to open his own business just because you want to beg for work. You guys can't think honestly.”
Sibusiso indicated:
“Running a business is not easy. Imagine hiring those people, they will abuse you left, right and center as a business. Hire unknown South Africans, not people who came with the marchers. Attitudes are very important, this type of extortion is on another level.”
Lotus commented:
“His business. If he no longer wants to continue and wants to retire, that's fine. Many business owners are already frustrated by paying high taxes and barely surviving. His reasons are his own.”
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“If he wants to close the business that's certainly within his rights, he has the right to do that. If you want South Africans to be hired, open your own business.”
South Africans urge shop owner to reopen
YEN.com.gh Earlier reports said a similar situation had occurred in Cape Town, where a migrant shop owner closed his business out of fear he would be looted during anti-immigrant protests.
A video showed local South Africans begging the shop owner to reopen so they could buy groceries, with the owner explaining he feared his shop could be targeted in the same way as other migrant-owned businesses.
Source: YEN.com.gh