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Tensions high as South African white farmers, rival Black protesters demonstrate over farm murder

Tensions high as South African white farmers, rival Black protesters demonstrate over farm murder

TIM COCKS WHITE  South African farmers and rival Black protesters have demonstrated and came close to a full-scale clash in the Free State farming town of Senekal over a murder case that has reignited racial tensions still simmering 26 years after the end of apartheid. The killing of Brendan Horner, a white man whose body was found tied to a pole at his farm in Free State province, sparked riots at the start of this month, and prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to make a statement urging South Africans to "resist attempts... to mobilise communities along racial lines". The farmers, who…
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Seven of South African retailer Clicks’ stores damaged in protests over “racist” advert

Seven of South African retailer Clicks’ stores damaged in protests over “racist” advert

DEMONSTRATORS damaged seven of South African drug retailer Clicks Group's shops and forced others to close during protests over what they said was a racist advertisement posted on its website. The advert by TRESemmé, a Unilever Plc brand, showed an image of African black hair which it described as "dry and damaged", while an example of white hair was referred to as "fine and flat". The advert, posted on Clicks’ website on Friday, provoked a backlash on social media and the retailer removed it the same day. It apologized, as did TRESemmé South Africa. But on Monday, protesters led by…
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