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Clicks protests continue in Pretoria

EFF leader Julius Malema
EFF leader Julius Malema

8th September 2020

By: News24Wire

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As the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) vowed to keep Clicks stores closed for the rest of the week, protests at branches in Tshwane entered into its second day on Tuesday.

The Clicks in Menlyn Mall was still closed as a small group of EFF members manned the entrance, singing struggle songs and dancing as private security guards monitored the situation.

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News24 visited two other Clicks stores in Pretoria which were still closed, but there was no sign of EFF members at either store.

News24 reported on Monday that EFF members congregated outside the store in the Pretoria mall to ensure that it stayed closed.

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Similar protests at Clicks stores around the country erupted on Monday following a call to action by EFF leader Julius Malema.

The advert was labelled inherently racist and sparked outrage.

On Monday evening, Clicks said the protests affected 425 Clicks stores across South Africa.

According to the retailer, 51 stores were closed in the Western Cape, 92 in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, and 302 in Gauteng and elsewhere.

It was further reported that at least two stores were petrol bombed and trashed.

Court interdict

While the protests continued at stores on Tuesday, the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg granted Clicks an interdict against the EFF, News24 reported.

According to the interdict, the EFF or its supporters may not intimidate and threaten employees of Clicks working at its shops or any of its operations; intimidate and threaten Clicks' customers visiting its shops, or incite violence against the ordinary commercial operations of Clicks.

Apologised

Shortly after the publication of the advert and the subsequent backlash, Clicks apologised.

The retailer said it had suspended two people. Clicks Group CEO Vikesh Ramsunder apologised in an open letter and said the emotive responses had been mirrored by employees and management teams.

An extraordinary board meeting was held at the weekend and it was decided that its own and third party promotional content would be audited and there would be urgent diversity training.

"As a company, we cannot change what happened, but we are learning from this," he wrote.

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