#Clicks #BlackHairMatter, I have a question to ask what happens to those who get their medicine at? Image: sabc-news. The national shutdown of retailer Clicks by EFF members has been met with mixed reactions. He appealed to security guards and the police to not intervene against his supporters. A Clicks store in Witbank was petrol bombed on Monday morning around 8am. A police source told TimesLIVE that there was minimal damage, with just a trolley catching fire.

Sorry guys, unable to stock up any beauty products today. The Clicks at Saveways Centre in Emalahleni (Witbank) was damaged in a suspected petrol-bombing on Monday morning, while a store in Komani was ... EFF members across SA have descended on Clicks stores to protest about an advert the health and beauty company published on its website. EFF members came out in numbers on Monday at the Mall of Africa to make sure the Clicks store remained closed after a 'racist' advert for hair products was featured on the retailer's website. “Clicks has taken full accountability and apologised unreservedly for the advertisement published on its website and has taken immediate action to address all concerns,” it said. The store said it would temporarily close until further notice. The EFF issued a strongly-worded two sentence statement in reply to a four-page letter from lawyers for the retail outlet Clicks, in which they ... At least 37 Clicks stores affected, seven damaged, by EFF protesters. Many expressed their outrage on social media, calling the advert offensive and racist. "My responsibility is to monitor the implementation of all laws of this country that seeks to redress the imbalances of the past for these sectors and ensure that the public and private sectors complies in order for us a nation to reach that generation equality goal of 50-50 by 2030," the Minister said. I'm glad @EFFSouthAfrica is here to to discipline them#clicksmustfall, Read more at the SA government's online coronavirus portal or use the 24-hour public hotline: 0800 029 999. Posted in News, Social Tagged Advert, Clicks, clicks ad, hair, tresemme. Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, this week met with the Chief Executive Officer and representatives of the Clicks Group. In my view, the #Clicks case #BlackHairMatter,is a textbook case of unconscious bias. In various videos shared online, the EFF is seen to have closed down Clicks in Mall of Africa in Midrand, Clicks in Mall of the North in Polokwane, and Clicks in Goodwood Mall in Cape Town, to name a few. Clicks has apologised for the advert. This comes as the EFF is leading a protest aimed at shutting Clicks stores countrywide because of the advert, which was deemed demeaning to black hair, was published on its website. Cause no publicity is bad publicity. Clicks said it provides a much-needed health-care service to South Africans and that stores would remain open for trading. © 2020 Arena Holdings (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. We need to move away from a politics of conflict and extremes. Pictures of a partly damaged Clicks store were circulated on social media. Clicks Group CEO Vikesh Ramsunder said what happened was disappointing and transformation is a priority for the organisation. “Clicks strongly condemns violence of any kind or intimidation of staff and its customers. @TimesLIVE #ShutdownClicks pic.twitter.com/vYxDLbCsKn, Police are now standing guard at the Clicks at Benfleur in Witbank as EFF protestirs had earlier banged on the glass door calling for those working inside to come out. It said contingency plans had been put in place to ensure the safety of customers and staff. Clicks warned in papers filed at the high court on Monday that its employees, and customers who required chronic medication, would suffer if their stores were shut down. The retailer at the weekend sparked outrage after posting images which most viewed as discrimination against natural black hair.

'I don't have anything to hide': Malema as Zondo guns for EFF leader, allies, Ex-president's wife wants out, accuses him of 'hiding his wealth', Court clips Shauwn Mkhize's financial wings over Sars debt. 'I don't have anything to hide': Malema as Zondo guns for EFF leader, allies, Ex-president's wife wants out, accuses him of 'hiding his wealth', Court clips Shauwn Mkhize's financial wings over Sars debt. Clicks legal adviser Tamsyn Starck said in an affidavit that the retailer — which has 721 stores, 570 pharmacies and 13,251 employees — will be hurt by the protests. We cannot handle our difficult conversations in the same way for 26 years. Mr Malema still wants to add on that by promoting such behaviour.We far much better this. The best and most cerebral response I’ve seen so far is a video by young black women, among them my colleague @Diane_Gahiza, Protest is the language of the unheard and violence,the language of the disempowered. Starbucks did a lot of work organizationally after a racist incident at their stores in 2018. Police and the EFFs Collen Sedibe are now inside the shop, addressing Clicks management. Africanize: New food delivery app launches in Cape Town. This follows the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) call to its members to ‘attack’ Clicks stores following the retailer’s racist advert on Friday. “Peaceful protest is not a crime, it is protected by the constitution ... and we require no-one's permission.”. The retailer later issued an apology and removed the ad. Meanwhile, EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, speaking outside a Clicks store in Sandton City, said no court order would stop the party from protesting against racism. Clicks customers, some who rely on Clicks stores to provide critical prescription, will clearly suffer harm if stores are closed.”. #clicks has been taken over by #JuliusMalema ATTACK brigade with #clicksmustfall I don't condone violence in any form but may this be a lesson for Clicks & their bias. © 2020 Arena Holdings (Pty) Ltd. All rights reserved. The party shared that it had received a letter from Clicks' lawyers before the shutdown. Group Human Resources Director for Clicks Group, Bertina Engelbrecht, made a presentation on how the organisation was working towards transforming its workforce, improving on training, its work on gender-based violence, responding to sexual harassment in the workplace and the group's commitment to the public health agenda. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com)., source News Service English, End-of-day quote Johannesburg Stock Exchange - 10/16, TRESemmé hair ad angers South Africans still hurting from racist past, Unilever South Africa takes further steps after 'racist' TRESemmé advert. The national shutdown of retailer Clicks by EFF members has been met with mixed reactions. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Clicks Group, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, as well as Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (as custodian of government's efforts on social cohesion and nation building). Clicks shutdown: SA weighs in on closing of retailer's stores. Shops have closed their doors as the EFF crowd has descended onto the mall. Ive experienced it first hand as a brown blogger pic.twitter.com/sYcA4EK4yC. @TimesLIVE pic.twitter.com/jvB6MNSp1b, @Clicks_SA Queenstown Cathcart Road #Clicks#clicksmustfall pic.twitter.com/XBYSVGkdyd, #Clicks @Julius_S_Malema and the @EFFSouthAfrica are on the ground at the Mall of the North. On social media, many, including One SA leader Mmusi Maimane and former public protector Thuli Madonsela, weighed in on the shutdown. “In the past 52 weeks, Clicks have serviced 1.3m chronic medication customers,” said Starck. Has #Clicks saga shocked @CyrilRamaphosa yet? Certain things are really unnecessary this issue could have been dealt with in a more civil manner.Imagine with so many jobs lost during lockdown. DA MP Andrew Whitfield strongly condemned the EFF’s actions and accused them of inciting violence and the resultant malicious destruction of property. “Like virtually every retailer, Clicks has already suffered harm as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. — Clicks (@Clicks_SA) September 4, 2020. Minister Nkoana-Mashabane went on to add that while the advert irresponsibly reinforced racist tropes of the inferiority of 'black beauty,' it also has a damaging impact on black women who must continue to struggle for their humanity on a daily basis due to multiple layers of structural racism and sexism that still exists in the country. "This incident has allowed me as the head of the organisation to look deeper within the organisation to see what else can be accelerated, or what else can be done," Ramsunder said. In her opening remarks, Minister Nkoana-Mashabane expressed her shock and disappointment at the deeply offensive advert that portrayed black women's hair as inferior to that of white women's hair by using and labelling images of various types of hair along racial lines. Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, this week met with the Chief Executive Officer and representatives of the Clicks Group. “We will lay charges of incitement to violence and destruction of property against the EFF and, more especially, its leadership. The former public protector says anarchy and violence in response to the Clicks hair advert is undermining the cause of those who are protesting. We also apologise to the Clicks group. Protest action by the EFF is happening at 37 of its stores across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Western Cape. As the EFF, we are vindicated that their arrogance was dealt with harshly by the courts,” an EFF statement said. In a statement, the EFF welcomed a court decision to dismiss Clicks' urgent court application to bar the party from protesting outside its stores.

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