South African businesses have come to a halt in Zambia due to the attacks on them by the country’s citizens.
A video making rounds online captured the moment a South African business outlet, Pick n Pay in the East Park Shopping Mall in Lusaka, Zambia was attacked by protesters on Wednesday morning.
Lusaka Zambia. Protests over the violence in SA. Video as received pic.twitter.com/x4OZ1v3oxT
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) September 4, 2019
The protest at the mall located at Thabo Mbeki Road in Lusaka which also houses Builders Warehouse and Food Lovers Market, both South African companies led to its closure.
It was also learned that some University of Zambia students engaged in the protest in which they broke through a barricaded door of the Pick n Pay outlet, armed with shopping trolleys.
University of Zambia students marching against xenophobia in South Africa. pic.twitter.com/eKHUmjl5FI
— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) September 4, 2019
The protests which rocked Nigeria and Zambia over the xenophobic attacks launched by South Africans against foreigners, especially Nigerians, have also led to the closure of Multichoice offices and branches in Nigeria and Zambia.
MTN has also closed some stores and service centers in Nigeria, while Shoprite confirmed that several stores in South Africa, Nigeria and Zambia were unable to open due to protest action.
Zambian-born singer, B’Flow disclosed that a Zambian radio station Hot FM will no longer play South African music. He averred that South Africans are teaching other African countries to be hostile and also expressed fear that the violence which South Africans instigated might spread to other African countries.
Hot FM Zambia will not play music from South Africa until further notice. I hope every African radio station can take a leaf and emulate Hot FM Zambia's commendable move. #StopXenophobia
— B'Flow (@bflowmusic) September 4, 2019
When will South AFRICANS learn the meaning of AFRICANS? The inhumane treatment and continued attacks on Africans by Africans must come to an end. Who has bewitched you that you should harbor so much resentment towards your own kind? Quit feeling like you are more special than…
— B'Flow (@bflowmusic) September 4, 2019
Peaceful protests all over Lusaka this morning. Almost every South African business has been halted. Sad how South Africa is teaching other African nations to be hostile. What we are seeing in Lusaka has the potential to spread to the rest of Africa. #StopXenophobia
— B'Flow (@bflowmusic) September 4, 2019
