The unrelenting drive to force immigrants out of South Africa’s informal sector, which employs almost 2.7-million people, will stymie economic growth and prevent competition and innovation in the country, economists have warned.
But the Kathorus Shop Owners Association, which has about 3 000 members comprising small business owners, has rejected the views of economists, and insists that the informal sector should be protected by the state on behalf of South Africans.