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BMW gets social media flak over advert mentioning ancestors

A social and digital advertising campaign by vehicle manufacturer BMW has been criticised by some black South Africans who feel it undermines their dignity. The brand says‚ however‚ it was intended to showcase diversity and inclusion. The…

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PROTEST: Woolworths and Pick n Pay announced that they would remove TRESemmé products from their shelves following an alleged racist hair advert posted by Clicks.Picture: THULANI MBELE
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Clicks: Losing all sense of proportion

John Kane-Berman for the Dailyfriend Supplied by the National Employers Association of South Africa (NEASA) That the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) should have seized upon the clicks hair advertisement to showcase their propensity for…

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Screenshot of the King Price Insurance commercial.Image: YouTube/King Price Insurance
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‘Insensitive’ home burglary ad triggers backlash

A spoonful of humour makes the medicine goes down. That is what King Price Insurance argued after the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) received two complaints about a TV commercial depicting burglars having a jolly good time over…

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