A designer who helped roll out FNB's first logo still thinks the 'AK-47' was deliberate

RonSwanson

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Won't surprise me. The First Rand Group always supported communism, back then and today as well.
Not necessarily FirstRand, but Barclays, and then when it became First National Bank
It did work. Communism made it into highest government levels back then.
True, as a result of the leadership.

The whole tree rabbit/AK thing is nonsense and pure propaganda, there were hundreds of designs put forward.
It was a popular viewpoint at the time due to the fact that Chris Ball, the Barclays Managing Director and communist was teabagging ANC heavyweights since the early eighties, for which he was awarded "The Order of the Baobab in Silver" by the ANC presidency. Clearly had good teabagging skills and a card-carrying ANC member, but his wealth was what the ANC were really interested in (do things ever change?) and circa 1987 there were strong allegations that he paid $47,000 for an advertisement for the ANC. Think of a wealthy Carl Niehaus. There were also rumours that he was pomping Winnie. For this he went into "exile" and reappeared again in 1994 in Cape Town.
 

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Not necessarily FirstRand, but Barclays, and then when it became First National Bank

True, as a result of the leadership.


It was a popular viewpoint at the time due to the fact that Chris Ball, the Barclays Managing Director and communist was teabagging ANC heavyweights since the early eighties, for which he was awarded "The Order of the Baobab in Silver" by the ANC presidency. Clearly had good teabagging skills and a card-carrying ANC member, but his wealth was what the ANC were really interested in (do things ever change?) and circa 1987 there were strong allegations that he paid $47,000 for an advertisement for the ANC. Think of a wealthy Carl Niehaus. There were also rumours that he was pomping Winnie. For this he went into "exile" and reappeared again in 1994 in Cape Town.
Further to this, liar Ball's response to the Munnik commission's findings that he was involved in funding the advertorial:

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Yet on the presidency's site it states:
Shortly thereafter Barclays granted loans to a pro-ANC funder whose advertisements called for the unbanning of the ANC and the release of Nelson Mandela. Some saw the granting of the loan by Ball as tantamount to sabotage.

In 1987, PW Botha who was then the President of South Africa launched a judicial probe into the conduct of Ball in his capacity as Managing Director of First National Bank (FNB) for what he termed “anti-apartheid activities.” Ball was forced to resign from Barclays and left the country in 1989. He engaged actively with United States and United Kingdom administrators between 1984 and 1987 to encourage them to drop their historic position on the ANC and to communicate with its leadership.

"Forced to resign" because you were a lying cnut. :laugh:

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Cosmik Debris

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Further to this, liar Ball's response to the Munnik commission's findings that he was involved in funding the advertorial:

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Yet on the presidency's site it states:


"Forced to resign" because you were a lying cnut. :laugh:

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Chris Slimeball as he was known at the time.
 

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How high must a person be before the AK-47 shows itself? And if I currently just see a mermaid what does that mean?
 

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Oh, it's indeed a bunny and not a Springbok, so I guess my theory about the destruction of Rugby is no longer applicable.
oh - I don't know. I heard a rumor that new designer is related to Lesufi so......
 

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the new logo looks like a wifi icon

It is in fact the icon for the new 6G chip to be injected in all FNB clients in the new year.

It will also be tattood as a QR-code on the underside of their tongues to enable payment should the receiver not be able to pick up the chip when they shop.
 

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How high must a person be before the AK-47 shows itself? And if I currently just see a mermaid what does that mean?
Does the mermaid look like Idris Alba or not?

We need to know if you are seeing a real mermaid.
 
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