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File Image: EFF members are seen in Sandton City Mall during the national closure of all Clicks outlets.
Sharon Seretlo, Gallo Images
- Four EFF members in George have been arrested after protests outside a Clicks store.
- They were released and told to appear in court in October on charges that include violating disaster management regulations.
- The provincial leaders of the EFF said they also organized “peaceful” protests in Cape Town, including at the V&A Waterfront.
Four EFF members were released from police custody and asked to appear in court following their arrest during a protest at a Clicks store in George on Tuesday.
This on the second day of protests promised by the party in reaction to an offensive TRESemmé hair ad that labeled the hair of two black women as “dry and damaged” and “frizzy and dull”, and posted by Clicks.
Southern Cape Police spokesman Capt Malcolm Pojie told News24: “The SAPS arrested four people between the ages of 28 and 42 on Monday.”
This after an incident at a Clicks store in Van der Stel Square Mall in George.
Pojie said the four had been accused of violating disaster management regulations related to illegal assemblies and “hindering SAPS in the performance of its functions.”
They had been released with a warning to appear in court on October 1, he added.
In more incidents in the Western Cape on Tuesday, a crowd of EFF supporters had gathered at the Garden Route Mall, but were escorted by police.
The protests also reportedly took place in front of the closed Clicks stores in Plumstead and Kenilworth Center, both in Cape Town.
EFF Western Cape spokesman Wandile Kasibe said he had been to the V&A Waterfront early Tuesday morning.
“We closed Waterfront Clicks this morning; there are two stores, one in the mall and one in Nelson Mandela Gateway. We explained the reason for our protest and that blacks were angry about the racist advertisement, and such racism could not be tolerated in the province … that an apology is not enough when people’s human dignity has been undermined. “
But he emphasized that their engagement had been legal.
“They closed the stores as soon as other comrades arrived. We did not cause problems with anyone, we did not fight with anyone, we did not break any laws. Our anger is legitimate, and within the limits of the Constitution, and peaceful,” Kasibe said. . said.
