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White shopkeeper backs black boycott in South Africa
In the eastern Cape a month into a black consumer boycott white shopkeeper Cheeky Watson thrives while his four family stores are exempted. Police later pressured him over receipts, claiming a state of emergency, yet Watson insists the quotas show the non racial nature of the protest and that supporters among blacks remain steadfast despite pressure.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape
Cheeky Watson
Watson
Springboks
Col
Gerrie van Rooyen
van Rooyen
Eastern Cape
New Zealand
The
Crusaders
Springbok