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Speaking at a government webinar on the state of the industry, the Advertising Regulatory Board’s Didi Bojosi explained that there was a disjuncture between creativity and knowledge in the sector.
Gobodo stepped down from the board on Monday over the ad that labelled black hair dry, frizzy and damaged.
Clicks Group non-executive director Nonkululeko Gobodo resigned from the board on Monday, saying that she was leaving Clicks because she wanted to be free to pursue her initiatives.
Clicks has been marred in controversy after it published a racist ad on its website, labelling black hair as dry, frizzy and damaged.
Unilever has removed all TRESemmé hair products from all stores for 10 days after widespread outrage over the product's advert on the Clicks website.
As part of its measures, Unilever said that it would set up an advisory board and a diversity committee after apologising for the TRESemmé advert, which it admitted was racist.
Amanda Cooke is a natural hair blogger, and one of the women behind the Cape Town Naturally Support group and Facebook page. She said the ad on the Clicks website referring to afro hair as dry and not normal was disheartening.
It is part of an agreement struck between company and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) following a meeting on Thursday.
The company and retailer Clicks came under fire over the offensive advert on its website, which called black women’s hair 'dry, damaged, and frizzy' compared to a white woman’s hair which was labelled 'normal'.
The party has reached an agreement with the company on the way forward after the online advert, which denigrated black women's hair.
Haji Mohamed Dawjee believes the EFF’s way of responding to the important issue of a racist advert points out a glaring counterproductivity
The decision was taken following a meeting with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, Unilever, and Clicks folowing nationwide outrage of a racist ad for the product on the Clicks website.
The minister on Wednesday said while the right to protest was protected in South Africa, police could not allow damage to property.
Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib on Thursday said those who could have acted to stop the EFF attacks on Clicks stores, chose not to.
Clicks has come under fire for a hair product ad, which labelled black hair as 'dry, frizzy and damaged', and drew widespread outrage from South Africans.
The announcements come after public outrage over a racist ad for the product which referred to black women's hair as "dry, damaged and frizzy" while labelling white hair as "normal".
The health and beauty outlet closed all its outlets on Wednesday morning to offer counselling and support to staff in the wake of the public outrage over a racist ad on its website.
This comes after the High Court in Johannesburg granted Clicks an interim interdict to stop the EFF from intimidating customers or staff, as well as inciting violence.