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Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib said Thursday that those who could have acted to stop EFF attacks on Clicks stores chose not to.
EFF leader Julius Malema closed the Clicks store in the Cycad Mall in Limpopo on September 7, 2020. Image: @ EFFSouthAfrica / Twitter
JOHANNESBURG – With many criticizing the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) for their violent demonstrations outside Clicks branches this week, there is still no explanation as to why no one did anything to stop them.
On Sunday night, EFF leader Julius Malema told his members to “attack” shops on Monday, leaving authorities, government ministers and the South African Commission on Human Rights with enough time to mobilize. .
Wits Vice Chancellor Adam Habib said Thursday that those who could have acted chose not to.
“If you are going to take justice into your own hands and allow this party or any other party to decide that something they don’t like, then they will attack them. [Clicks stores] and shutting them down is not acceptable in a democratic society, ”Habib said.
“The theories, policies and behavior of the EFF are racism and are no different from the AWB. It is no different than any other racist organization, ”he added.
Hundreds of Clicks stores were forced to close their doors, while many were vandalized by EFF members.
The party is demanding that the retailer stay closed until Friday after it posted a racist ad on its website referring to natural black hair as “dry, damaged and frizzy.”
LOOK: EFF members protest in front of the Clicks store
The EFF has also come under fire after eNCA journalist Nobesuthu Hejana was harassed by a group of men wearing EFF T-shirts on Tuesday while covering the protests in Cape Town.
EFF deputy Mbuyiseni Ndlozi responded to a video of the incident denying that Hejana was harassed, saying they “just touched her.”
Not In My Name general secretary Themba Masango said that was unacceptable.
“It was pure harassment and the members who did that should be reprimanded and put in order,” he said.
The EFF is expected to meet with Clicks and TRESemmé’s owner company Unilever on Thursday.
The party said protests at all Clicks outlets would continue as planned.
LISTEN: The full interview of Professor Adam Habib on Radio 702
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