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The Nando’s / Malema fight goes another round

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry in Advertising

If you thought Nando's had chickened out and were lying down to the threats of the ANCYL to…well, to stop eating Nando's – you'd be wrong and wouldn't know Nando's very well. [original ad link]

In a startling act of defiance, the spicy fast food chain have released a new version of the controversial Julius Malema election ad, but this one features a voice which is electronically distorted and the puppet's face has been blurred.

10/10 for guts and the company for sticking to their brand principles of never going down without a dirty fight. [new video link]

[via Marketingweb]

Background: Nando's chickens out, plucks ad – Sowetan

UPDATE: Seems that Nando's may be a little ballsy due in no small part to a recent ruling in their favour by the ASA – who declared that Ex-SAA boss Khaya Ngqula was fair game to be made fun of in their ads.

More: Ngqula cries fowl over Nando's ad – IOL