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Title: A hair advert caused all this?
Post by: Trevor on September 08, 2020, 02:42:16 PM
South Africa is my country and I love it: we have many problems including corruption and gender based violence but people lose their minds over a misguided advert?  :question: :question:

news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/clicks-hair-advert-senior-exec-resigns-tresemme-to-be-removed-from-shelves-employees-suspended-20200908 (http://news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/clicks-hair-advert-senior-exec-resigns-tresemme-to-be-removed-from-shelves-employees-suspended-20200908)
Title: Re: A hair advert caused all this?
Post by: Newt on September 08, 2020, 03:00:50 PM
Stores were torched.   :bluesad: 

The ad as described was really very stupid and should never have been released.  But to vandalise stores carrying the product?   :buggedout:
Title: Re: A hair advert caused all this?
Post by: Trevor on September 08, 2020, 03:09:52 PM
Quote from: Newt on September 08, 2020, 03:00:50 PM
Stores were torched.   :bluesad: 

The ad as described was really very stupid and should never have been released.  But to vandalise stores carrying the product?   :buggedout:

Stores were torched, that is sadly true: there are two Clicks stores in malls near me which were closed this morning.