M-Net, DStv, and etv ban airing of Nando's ad

[jes]

M-Net, DStv, and etv ban airing of Nando's ad

DStv, M-Net and etv have all followed SABC’s example by banning Nando’s latest TV commercial

[Chevron]

Pathetic.

It's an awesome ad.

[tardomatic]

And, Nando's marketing and PR department rub their hands in glee... No publicity is bad publicity.

[Ol' Mean Bastid]

FFS, now everyone is running scared

[Chevron]

So everyone can see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R7vu9SuxaQ

[snugglez64]

No one is allowed to poke funn at South Africa / South Africans, okay! We SOoOo Sensitive

Somebody might be offended, and then we'll have to take it to the streets..

[ave]

Thanks for the link.
okay why is this xenophobic ffs- its says if you trace our lines back, that everyone in the country is a foreigner and that real South Africans love diversity.
Im sure nandos are shaking their heads- its the first add that is sort of safe and thats the one that gets banned.

[saliehendricks]

Hahhahaah! so good!

[Mike Hoxbig]

What's an advert?

[jammio]

“Whilst we understand that the commercial is a parody, we are not convinced that all our viewers will interpret it in the way intended”.

“We have a responsibility not to broadcast material that could be deemed offensive to our viewers and we have exercised our rights in this regard.”

So he's saying he's clever enough to understand that it's a parody, but he feels the South African population generally isn't. If that really is true they really should just air it, at least someone might learn something.

[Albereth]

So narrow-minded that they could look through a keyhole with both eyes

[MickZA]

So narrow-minded that they could look through a keyhole with both eyes

or

"If you fell on a pin you'd be blind in both eyes" - Steppenwolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtRwa2mlH0k

[Roadrunner]

Someone alledged in the comments that the ANC did not want their supporters to be reminded that black South Africans also originally came from elsewhere, so they pulled strings to get it off the air.

[ijacobs3]

i think its brilliant!!

[Boris Becker]

Unfortunately, most people won't get it