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5 Print Ads That Make SA Laugh About the Cringeworthy

Nando’s is without a doubt the best example of a company using South Africa’s crazy political trajectory for publicity – and providing laughs at the same time. Here are five of our recent favourite local advertisements, and the incidents that (we think) inspired them. 1. News that almost R9 million of the police budget has been spent […]

By SAPeople Staff Writer
02-06-16 10:38
in Fab South African Stuff
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Nando’s is without a doubt the best example of a company using South Africa’s crazy political trajectory for publicity – and providing laughs at the same time. Here are five of our recent favourite local advertisements, and the incidents that (we think) inspired them.

1. News that almost R9 million of the police budget has been spent on vehicles for President Jacob Zuma’s wives since 2013.

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2. Barely 24 hours after Zuma was told by the Constitutional Court that he should have contributed to the upgrade at Nkandla, Nando’s released this advert, adding on its Facebook page the message “#PayBackTheMoney #HowMuchThough”.

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3. Then Takealot had its version of the Nkandla saga, firepool and all.

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4 The SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has recently announced that 90 percent of music – and now TV programmes – on its stations have to be local.

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5. After Armscor announced there were plans to buy a new presidential jet, apparently at a cost of R4 billion, Nando’s saw the perfect ad about “wings”.

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