Unilever to withdraw all Tresemmé South Africa products for 10 days in ‘racist’ advertising apology

14-Sep-2020

The country’s Economic Freedom Fighters organisation claims to have come to an agreement with the brand after it posted an offensive advert online


Unilever is said to be withdrawing all of its Tresemmé products from retail stores in South Africa for 10 days to show remorse for a ‘racist’ advert it recently posted online.

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