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Saddest reality in Africa, I was subjected to inside the @Clicks_SA store at The Boulders Shopping Center. By the center manager, who said it was his shopping complex. I was told that I'm wearing inappropriate I must go & Omega risk solutions harassed me #NdebeleTwitter pic.twitter.com/klzmTQspJO

— #WeNeedAmaNdebeleOnTV (@thandomahlangu_) March 24, 2021

Righteousness2:
Oga ask yourself!
If a lady had dressed this Manner, what would you have called her?
All things are Expedient but not all things are Needful!

No Matter what u claim you represent, you are naked and it's disgusting.

illicit:
My problem with most people is that they refuse change....

His forefathers have reasons for dressing like that then, such reasons no longer apply

Culture has never been static

motymop:
But, this is ridiculous.

Can he dress like that to a job interview or a business meeting where he suppose to sign a deal of 200 milion rand.

A classic case of attention seeking.

Nowadays, even mad people cover up.

illicit:
If the larger society deems his dressing inappropriate then he has no choice than to comply....

He might have even be insane

TMKsouth:
He's a cultural activist and author.

Anyway, in civilised societies laws are put in place to protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority. Just because the majority don't like it doesn't make it wrong.

illicit:
Is the culture in his sole custody

Other people who originally shared the same culture and origin with him has moved on, he is just stagnant....


If I should decide to go around nude today because our ancestors were actually like that, will you permit that? if I was ur son

TMKsouth:
I think a proper diagnosis of what constitutes a cultural practice is needed before you decide to walk around nude in public.

Also, it's not true that others have moved on, they just don't dress like this in urban areas.

It is surprising to me they are allowed to perform and exhibit outside malls and other public areas for tourists, and yet deemed inappropriate to enter those same malls to shop.

illicit:
Those people are entertainers, artists....

On a norm, they dress differently and properly

What they wore in that pics is just props and costume

TMKsouth:
Yes they dress differently in everyday urban life, but there's no law that outlaws traditional attire.

These Khoisan have been camping outside the president's office for more than a year and they haven't been removed for indecency. And this is how they choose to dress. No one has the right to tell them not to.

Anyway, lets leave it here bro.

Mixedfruit:
South Africa would be worse than Somalia had there been no white
people, and nigeria will be fully recognized as the giant of africa.

TMKsouth:
Don't you think it's his right to remain static if he so chooses, if it doesn't harm anyone else?

Ayo2004:
Free am jhoor
Went to ICM,Ikeja and women were wearing worse

TMKsouth:
'I left the mall heartbroken'

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Saddest reality in Africa, I was subjected to inside the @Clicks_SA store at The Boulders Shopping Center. By the center manager, who said it was his shopping complex. I was told that I'm wearing inappropriate I must go & Omega risk solutions harassed me #NdebeleTwitter pic.twitter.com/klzmTQspJO

— #WeNeedAmaNdebeleOnTV (@thandomahlangu_) March 24, 2021

A casual trip to a Johannesburg mall on Wednesday turned into a nightmare when Ndebele activist and author Thando Mahlangu was allegedly hounded out of the shopping complex by a man who described himself as the mall owner.

His sin, apparently, was that he went into the Boulders shopping centre wearing Ndebele traditional attire. The Ndebele are one of South Africa's minority ethnic groups.

In the video clip, the man tells Mahlangu that there is a right of admission and that he doesn't condone Mahlangu's outfit and he must leave.

The man continues to tell Mahlangu that the mall is a public place and he is dressed indecently, while Mahlangu responds by saying he is dressed in African attire.

“You are telling me I'm not supposed to wear African [clothes] in Africa,” Mahlangu says.

“I'm saying this is a public place ... I'm not allowing that here, this is my mall ... right of admission is reserved,” the man responds.

Mahlangu's girlfriend can be heard telling the man that “this is Africa then you can't tell someone what to do, what to wear, at which mall”.

“I left the mall heartbroken and even now as we speak, I'm still not fine emotionally.”

The centre management said in a statement:

“The Boulders Shopping Centre would like to apologise unreservedly for the incident that took place at Clicks.

“The centre would like to clarify that it does not deny entry based on appearances and clothes. It is unfortunate that the incident that occurred inside Clicks is being viewed as intolerant towards other cultures and clothes.

“We take this opportunity to once again apologise to those who feel hurt by the incident. The decision was taken in the interests of other shoppers and employees of the mall,” said the centre management.

However, comments on social media were mostly supportive of Mr Mahlangu and called for African attire and practices to not be suppressed in South Africa.

illicit:
My problem with him is that he refuses change....



His forefathers have reasons for dressing like that then, such reasons no longer apply



Culture has never been static

motymop:
But, this is ridiculous.

Can he dress like that to a job interview or a business meeting where he suppose to sign a deal of 200 milion rand.

A classic case of attention seeking.

Nowadays, even mad people cover up.

kumulus:
...but millennial girlfriends of the manager running around on beaches and the countless summer body showoffs can be accepted dressed no different. Haba