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TimesLIVE reports that a waitress from popular Soweto hang-out spot, Moja Café, has told how she was forced to strip naked while she was searched by one of her female managers on suspicion that she had stolen from the establishment.
In a voice note that has been doing the rounds on social media, the menstruating woman said she was forced to even remove the sanitary towel from her underwear during the search. She said the incident occurred after some of her customers walked out of the establishment without paying their bill. The waitress said on the voice note: "I was harassed [by my manager] because they thought I had the money with me. I was taken to a storeroom and I had to remove all my clothes and they didn't find anything. Worst part, I was on my period and that girl also requested that my pad must be out. She is a colleague of mine, someone that I work with. How will I work with her tomorrow after that?" The woman claimed that the owner of the eatery was aware of the incident, but there had been no sincere apology offered. Following the incident, she was required to continue with her work as normal. Moja Café commented on its social media account: "We acknowledge this matter [and] the sensitivities thereof [and] are investigating it thoroughly.”
- Read the full original of Naledi Shange report on this story at TimesLIVE
- Read too, Moja Café says waitress initiated "humiliating" strip search, at The Star
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