Immigrant-owned spaza shops targeted in Cape Town extortion economy

A South African and his two sons, one a police officer, have been accused of extorting around 50 convenience stores run by Ethiopians and Somalis. The trial highlights the targeting of foreign-owned 'spaza' shops in a growing extortion economy. Extortion gangs threaten shop owners with monthly payments for 'protection services', and violence has been reported, including murders linked to these criminal activities.