AT EXACTLY 7.20pm on Thursday, I received a letter from Woolworths CEO Ian Moir. In the letter he reassures me that the racism that Woolworths is accused of is actually affirmative action and employment equity. Fair, then.

But why is Woolworths going out of its way then to "allay" the fears in me? I am not even participating in the so-called boycott by Solidarity. And if the company is following employment equity to the T, why apologise and reassure me ? Is employment equity not a legal statute and a government redress programme, also enshrined in the Constitution? So, what is this?

Here is my take. Woolworths and all other South African companies (put the South African Rugby Union and South African Airways in the mix) are cowards. Yes. Is the minority, who have lots of money, more important than the aspirations of millions of people? Is the 5% of the population more important than the other 95%? Is Solidarity voting with its wallet?

Can I demand that Woolworths retracts the statement or else? Why is Woolworths falling for the school-boy bulling of Solidarity? Is Woolworths’ clientele only Solidarity members? Well, I am not and I spend quite a bit at Woolworths. Should we sit around watching the aspirations of the majority being stifled because they do not have the "pulling power" of money?

What is the difference here compared to the situation at Marikana/ Lonmin? Had the miners belonged to the same race group as Solidarity, would their strike have been resolved by now? I guess, or else we withdraw our investments. This is sad.
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A lot or relevant questions here and very little answers?