Racism
Thandi Modise appeals to lawmakers: Help defuse racial tensions in SA
The National Assembly Speaker's call came after an angry crowd stormed the Senekal Magistrate Court, where two men were appearing for the murder of local farm...
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MCEBO DLAMINI: What heritage are SA's black people meant to celebrate?
What is the heritage for a people who have been stripped of language, culture and their very own history, asks Mcebo Dlamini.
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ANALYSIS: Why the DA’s policy on racial inequality is out of sync with reality
The party resolved at a recent policy conference to oppose policy that uses race and gender as a criterion in a bid to set it apart from the governing African National Congress.
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Despite progress, black directors still struggle to break through in Hollywood
In 2019 only 6.3% of directors in the United States were black. And a staggering 93% of all producers were white men.
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We must be aware of and check our own acts of racism, prejudice, says Ramaphosa
The president delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address on Thursday under the theme ‘Celebrating South Africa’s Living Human Treasures’.
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Two US police shot as protests erupt over Breonna Taylor case
A grand jury charged one of the three officers involved in the raid of Breonna Taylor's apartment with "wanton endangerment", but neither he nor his two colleagues will face charges over her death.
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ANALYSIS: Has the skin lightener industry learned from Black Lives Matter?
Cosmetics companies have agreed to remove racially offensive language from their skin products - but history, in Kenya and South Africa, shows they've done the same before.
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‘Clicks ad affected me badly,’ Gobodo on why she resigned as non-exec director
Gobodo stepped down from the board on Monday over the ad that labelled black hair dry, frizzy and damaged.
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Clicks non-exec director Nonkululeko Gobodo resigns, cites personal reasons
Clicks has been marred in controversy after it published a racist ad on its website, labelling black hair as dry, frizzy and damaged.
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Will S. Africans continue to boycott Clicks? It's a mixed bag of views
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.
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Clicks to award scholarships to black female students in wake of racist ad
It is part of an agreement struck between company and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) following a meeting on Thursday.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: The reckless experiment of #ClicksMustFall and EFF protests
Haji Mohamed Dawjee believes the EFF’s way of responding to the important issue of a racist advert points out a glaring counterproductivity
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Unilever to withdraw all TRESemmé products from retail stores for 10 days
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.
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At least 15 people arrested during protests at Clicks stores - Cele
The minister on Wednesday said while the right to protest was protected in South Africa, police could not allow damage to property.
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Adam Habib: EFF policies, behaviour is racism and no different from AWB
Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib on Thursday said those who could have acted to stop the EFF attacks on Clicks stores, chose not to.
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EFF, Clicks management to meet in wake of protests over racist ad
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.
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Woolworths, PnP latest retailers to pull TRESemme products from shelves
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".
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Clicks crisis didn't come out of the blue, says non-executive director Gobodo
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.
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Gauteng police on alert for protests outside Clicks stores
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.
