A customer is confronted by EFF supporters outside a Clicks store in Cape Town. Photo: Screenshot
A customer is confronted by EFF supporters outside a Clicks store in Cape Town. Photo: Screenshot
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have continued to ensure that as many Clicks stores around the country remain closed as possible on Tuesday 8 September, and a contingent of their supporter have engaged in a screaming match with customers trying to gain access to a Cape Town branch.
The EFF have committed to shutting the health and beauty retailer down after becoming enraged by a racist advertisement that suggested that black people have “dry and frizzy”hair, while white hair is “flat and normal”.
Watch: EFF confront Clicks customer in Cape Town
A customer at the Gardens Centre in Cape Town is seen in a video confronting one of the EFF members, demanding entrance to the Clicks store. He was instead told to “go to Dischem”.
He is accused of being a racist by the group that surrounds him.
Court grants interdict against protesting EFF
Eye witnesses told The South African that the man later walked away from the situation, but that irate patrons continued to voice their contempt for the actions of the EFF, leading to “punches being thrown” and the police needing to be called in.
The South African has reached out to the South African Police Service (SAPS) for comment and will update this story when it lands.
Earlier on Tuesday, Clicks obtained an interdict from the North Gauteng High Court to stop members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) from halting its operations and intimidating staff and customers.
The EFF issued a plea to its supporters earlier in the day to proceed with the shutting down of Clicks stores until the end of the week, but to do so by exercising “maximum discipline”.
This follows outrage after several Clicks stores were vandalised on Monday 7 September, with two stores – one in Mpumalanga, and one in Limpopo – being petrol bombed in the early hours of the morning.
