Too late for mom and pop
While it was the initial intention decades ago, when Clicks was established, for it to be a traditional US-styled drugstore – selling prescription medicines, soda pops and just about any non-health and beauty products that consumers would buy – this move was thwarted by the government.
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Hogan and pharmacists bury hatchet
Legal confrontation gives way to dialogue
January 28, 2009
By Tom Robbins
Cape Town: Health minister Barbara Hogan is moving rapidly to undo the unfortunate legacy of her predecessor, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. This week she agreed to talk with struggling independent pharmacists rather than fight them in court.
