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A Durban businessman who put up job advertisements described as offensive and derogatory says he is racist -- just "frustrated and desperate" because of bad employees.

Tony Patel, who owns two clothing stores known as Apples, said he was tired of "undesirables" asking him for jobs and said the "laws of this country suck" because he was not allowed to specify what sort of workers he wanted.

Patel has made headlines with the posters on the windows of his shops which read: "WANTED PRETTY 'BLACK' FLOOR SUPERVISOR. NO FATTIES" and "WANTED SMART 'WHITE' SALESLADIES SUPERVISORS * NO CHANCERS" and "ATTRACTIVE INDIAN CASHIERS WANTED".

He is adamant that his posters are not offensive.

"How can I be racist when I have posters for all the race groups? It's Mandela's rainbow nation. It's my business. I just don't advertise for coloureds because they don't like to work for Indians. They prefer working as cashiers in Pick 'n Pay and Checkers."