Dozens of immigrant traders who usually traded at the Golden Arrow terminus in Bellville are staying away because of anti-immigrant protests. When we visited the once bustling site last week, it was quiet with only a handful of traders. Some traders we spoke to said they had tried to set up shop in other areas but were stopped. Abdulhakim Husein, Western Cape director of the Somalia Association of South Africa, told GroundUp that he had been assisting traders since the start of July. “It is a concern whenever permitted traders, whether South African citizens or foreign nationals lawfully permitted to trade, are prevented from engaging in legal economic activity,” he said.