MiWay's all white board of directors equals 'theft' - BLF argues
Pretoria – Insurance company MiWay is guilty of theft because all its directors are white, Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama argued on Friday.
"Us black people give this company money to make them rich. They among themselves sit as white board of directors, stealing money from us because we are the ones giving them this business," he said during a picket outside the company’s head office in Centurion.
The protest was prompted by an email, purportedly from a MiWay employee, calling its black clients baboons and stating that it had been decided at a meeting that it would reject 90% of black clients’ claims from August 1.
A screengrab of the email was circulated on social media.
"There was no such meeting where such a decision was taken," MiWay CEO Rene Otto said at the picket.