Scores of spaza shops operated by foreign nationals have been closed in some parts of Mpumalanga as fear continues to grip migrants.
Some of the foreign nationals, especially Mozambicans and Zimbabweans, packed their bags and left over the weekend fearing what could happen on June 30, a deadline issued by anti-illegal immigrant groups for undocumented migrants to leave SA.
In Mataffin village, about 70 of the shops run by foreign nationals have been closed since Friday as their owners fear being arrested for not having proper documents. Some South Africans operating spaza shops in the area said they were making a killing owing to the crisis as they now had a lot more customers.
