Tresemme
‘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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Nonkululeko Gobodo: I was not pushed from Clicks board
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.
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Natural hair campaigners see opportunity for local brands in TRESemmé fallout
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.
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Unilever to ensure future ad campaigns reflect SA values after Clicks ad failure
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.
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Ntshavheni: Unilever’s response to Clicks' racist advert not good enough
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'.
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SA has mixed reaction to EFF deal with Clicks, Unilever over racist ad
The party has reached an agreement with the company on the way forward after the online advert, which denigrated black women's hair.
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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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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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Small Businesses Dept to work with Clicks to replace TRESemmé with local brands
One of the calls made by Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni was that the health and beauty outlet should remove TRESemmé products from all its branches.
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Clicks: Senior exec resigns over racist hair ad, EFF vows to continue protests
The racist advert was met with public outrage, protests by the Economic Freedom Fighters and calls to boycott and ban Clicks stores and TRESemmé products.
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Clicks pulls all TRESemme products in wake of protests over racist hair ad
In a statement on Tuesday, Clicks said that it would replace the American brand with locally sourced haircare products and that it would be engaging with all of its suppliers to enforce its code of conduct.
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Minister Ntshavheni rejects Clicks' apology, urges removal of TRESemme products
The minister is now urging Clicks to remove TRESemme products from its shelves as an expression of its disassociation with suppliers who promote racist and insensitive marketing.
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'Clicks must go to hell' - EFF protest against store's racist advert
EFF members gathered outside Clicks stores across the country in protest against a racist hair product advert which the retailer posted on its website. #EFF #Clicks ClicksMustFall
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Malema calls on EFF members to be combat-ready, Clicks vows to stay open
The red berets attacked Clicks stores nationwide as per Julius Malema's instructions after the retailer published and advert last week which insulted black hair.
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DA in PE opens criminal case against EFF, Malema for inciting violence
EFF party leaders have mobilised members to try shut down over 800 stores after outrage over an advert which depicted black hair as dry, damaged and frizzy, while hair of a white woman was described as normal.
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READ: Clicks CEO's apology over offensive hair ad
Clicks Group CEO Vikesh Ramsunder has issued an apology after the company published a TRESemme hair product campaign which portrayed black natural hair as ‘dry, damaged, and frizzy’, while white natural hair was depicted as ‘normal’.
