text: Wayne,
  All strength to you and a sincere thank you for the good work you do on behalf of all South Africans.
  
  BUT some additional tactics are needed.
  
  The Spur debacle has shown the way - whatever one's views, once their customers started to boycott them, commercial considerations moved to the front burner, and political / PR considerations took a back seat.
  
  "Facing criminal charges" is insufficient.
  
  All it means is that criminal cgarges have been laid - how many of these cases are either not being investigated, or being sat on?
  
  Where possible and appropriate, civil action is a good alternative - the plaintiff can push the matter, and the burden of proof is far lower than in criminal matters "a balance of probabilities", rather than "beyond a reasonable doubt."
  
  Regading Bell Pottinger, for example - I suggested that OUTA crowd fund a full page advertisement in a couple of British newspapers (the Times or Terlegraph and say Daily Mail) - many commentators offered support of R1,000