Controversial political party Agency for New Agenda is hauling South Africa’s five major retailers to court for racial discrimination and is threatening to scupper a trillion-rand business deal.
In a three-pronged court action‚ the party accuses SABMiller and chain stores Shoprite‚ Spar‚ Massmart‚ Woolworths and Pick n Pay of racial exclusion of black businesses from their supply value chain.
The Department of Trade and Industry is cited as a respondent in all three applications for failing to ensure transformation of the economy as mandated by the constitution.
The little-known party recently attempted to take the SA Rugby Union and Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula to court over the alleged lack of transformation and tried to block the Springboks from participating in the World Cup.
'Big chains keep blacks out of loop'
Controversial political party Agency for New Agenda is hauling South Africa’s five major retailers to court for racial discrimination and is threatening to scupper a trillion-rand business deal.
In a three-pronged court action‚ the party accuses SABMiller and chain stores Shoprite‚ Spar‚ Massmart‚ Woolworths and Pick n Pay of racial exclusion of black businesses from their supply value chain.
The Department of Trade and Industry is cited as a respondent in all three applications for failing to ensure transformation of the economy as mandated by the constitution.
The little-known party recently attempted to take the SA Rugby Union and Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula to court over the alleged lack of transformation and tried to block the Springboks from participating in the World Cup.
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