Watch: UK Saffas picket at Bell Pottinger HQ [video]

South Africans on the internet already hounded Bell Pottinger into a shitty apology and into making their Twitter page private, but a bunch of them thought they’d also irk them in the flesh.

On Friday, a group of South Africans headed to BP HQ in London to “show solidarity”. The purpose was to show that South Africans remain united despite the PR firm’s vile plans to sow and further racial divisions in the country.

The protest was organised by DA Abroad. Spokesperson Will van der Merwe told Fin24:

“(It was) a mixed group of us that were standing for the new South African values (like) racial unity. That is the only way that South Africa is going to go forward and we refuse to be knocked down by this racially-divisive campaign.”

“Our call to Bell Pottinger was to firstly be accountable, to come clean (and) to disclose fully all their relationships with Gupta and Gupta-linked companies.

“We also want reparation. We want those (funds they earned in South Africa) to be contributed back to South Africa. We want them to be given to a developmental NGO and education. (It must be) something that will benefit South Africa so that it can go some way to counteract the harm that has been done.

Bell Pottinger announced recently that it is launching a full investigation into the Gupta account. The findings will be made public.