Pharmaceutical giant, Dischem and retailer Clicks are now offering Covid-19 antibody tests at any of its clinics nationwide. Speaking on VOC’s Breakfast show on Tuesday morning, epidemiologist Dr Jody Boffa detailed the difference between the PCR test (PCR tests are used to directly detect the presence of an antigen, rather than the presence of the body's immune response, or antibodies) and the new antibody test. “The antibody test is different […]
Health and beauty retailer Clicks and Unilever, which owns the TRESemmé hair products brand, are set to meet EFF leader Julius Malema on Thursday, the party said in a statement. Both companies had separately requested meetings with the EFF on Wednesday after the party had written strongly-worded letters to them, demanding to meet them or face the consequences. In its letter to Unilever, the EFF said: “Should we not receive […]
Heated debates around racism continue online following a Clicks advertisement labelled as racist, as EFF protests resulted in store closures nationwide on Wednesday. The South African Human Rights Commission says it will be engaging with Clicks management to understand why the so-called racist Tresemme hair product advertisement was given the go-ahead. The ad made a comparison between the hair of black women being called ‘dull and dry’ while a white […]
Health and beauty retailer Clicks says it will trade on Monday despite calls by the EFF to shut down its stores over a racist hair advert. Here's a wrap of the controversy: The advert and the backlash The retailer trended on Twitter on Friday after it labelled black hair “dry” and “damaged” in an ad on its website, while blonde, straight hair was labelled “fine” and “flat.” Scores of South […]
The Economic Freedom Fighters have issued a list of demands to Clicks following the uproar against an online advertisement which has been flagged by South Africans as racist. The advert used images of black women’s hair with the labels ‘dry and damaged’ while the image of the hair of white women was labelled as ‘normal’. This sparked intense social media backlash and Clicks removed the images and issued an apology. […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
