07/06/2025
The Bidvest Group Ltd just opened applications for their 2026 School Bursaries for their employees earning R 15,300/pm or less, and guess what?
Parents of White Children need not apply as White kids don’t qualify!
Bidvest, South Africa’s 15th largest conglomerate with a $4.75 billion market cap, operates 10 divisions raking in billions, pushing products South Africans use daily. This policy, targeting a 7% minority, clashes with global norms and violates the US Constitution under Title VII, that declares discrimination on any basis—race, religion, or otherwise—unconstitutional, setting a standard Bidvest ignores, while representing many American Companies and Brands like Hitachi, Signode, Spectrum Brands (Russell Hobbs), George Foreman, Ford and Chevrolet (GM) in South Africa! This is immoral and unacceptable!
There are 2 ways to fight back, so this is a call to action to both my South African AND American Friends:
1. South African Boycott: Hit their wallets where possible! Avoid products from their 10 divisions:
Adcock Ingram: Panado, Plush, Bioplus, Citro-Soda, Compral.
Bidvest Automotive: Bidvest McCarthy, Bidvest Burchmore’s.
Bidvest Commercial Products: Hitachi Power Tools (HiKOKI), Signode, Unicarriers, Rational Ovens, Tajima, Juki, Tesa Tapes, Plumblink, Voltex, Moto Quip, Leisure Quip, Waltons, Konica Minolta, Cecil Nurse, Silveray, Kolok, Lithotech, Bidvest Data, Masterpack.
Bidvest Financial Services: Bidvest Bank, Compendium, FinGlobal, Bidvest Insurance, Master Currency.
Bidvest Freight: Bidvest Tank Terminals, SABT, Bulk Connections, Bidvest International Logistics, Manica Group, Bidvest SACD, Bidvest Port Operations, Bidtrack, ClickOn.
Bidvest Branded Products: Russell Hobbs (Spectrum Brands), Salton, George Foreman, Maxwell & Williams, Cellini, Waltons, Konica Minolta, Cecil Nurse, Silveray, Kolok, Lithotech, Bidvest Data, Home of Living Brands, Masterpack.
Bidvest Services South Africa: Bidvest Protea Coin, Aquazania, GPT, Bidair Cargo, Rennies Travel, Execuflora.
Bidvest Services International: Steiner, Prestige, Bidvest Facilities Management, Noonan, PHS, BIC Services.
Their reach makes this tough, but every skipped purchase sends a message!
2. American Pressure: Contact and Tag the American brands Bidvest represents: Hitachi, Signode, Spectrum Brands (Russell Hobbs), George Foreman, Ford, Chevrolet (GM) - to demand they force Bidvest to drop this racial clause and contact and tag your Senators and House Members when sharing this post to ensure Political Pressure! This cannot stand! Sx