H&M Closes Stores in South Africa Amid Protests Over ‘Monkey’ Shirt<br />13, 2018<br />The Swedish clothing company H&M temporarily closed several stores in South Africa on Saturday<br />after protests erupted over an image in its online store that critics said was racist.<br />temporarily closed all stores in the area," H&M said in an emailed statement on Saturday.<br />that Out of concern for the safety of our employees and customers we have<br />The image touched off an uproar on social media this week,<br />and on Saturday demonstrators representing South Africa’s second-largest opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters, gathered at H&M locations across the country.<br />H&M apologized for the image on Monday, and then again on Tuesday, saying it had removed the image and stopped selling the sweatshirt.<br />" he said. that We cannot allow the humiliation of black people to continue,
