"I'm always chased away and victimized," says shopper told his traditional clothing is 'indecent' in South Africa mall
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A South African cultural activist says he is still reeling from the humiliation meted out to him for donning traditional attire to a shopping mall in a suburb of Johannesburg.
Thando Mahlangu, 35, an avid promoter of the Ndebele ethnic minority group, told CNN Friday that he was asked to leave Clicks -- a pharmacy chain store at Boulders Shopping Center -- by center manager Jose Maponyane, who disapproved of his local outfit. Maponyane had been seen in a video shared on social media Wednesday, asking Mahlangu to leave the mall for dressing "indecently."
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