Seven of South African retailer Clicks' stores damaged in protests over 'racist' ad

Demonstrators damaged seven of South African drug retailer Clicks Group's shops on Monday and forced others to close during protests over what they said was a racist advertisement posted on its website.

) shops on Monday and forced others to close during protests over what they said was a racist advertisement posted on its website.

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. Video footage on Twitter showed protesters toppling shelves and destroying products in one store. Another, in Witbank in Mpumalanga province, appeared to have suffered fire damage.

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