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Robert Mugabe and Muammar Gaddafi playing with water guns in the Nando’s advertisement. Photo: YouTube
Executives of Nando’s in Zimbabwe were expected to meet with the Zimbabwean government in thursday, reportedly to discuss the latest Nando’s advert.
According to the Nando’s advert, the last dictator is Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
The advert has gone viral and is threatening to cause an international incident.
In an ad campaign that’s been described as both vulgar and hilarious, Nando’s has incurred the wrath of the Zimbabwean president by showing him – well, a lookalike at least – cavorting with dictators.
The ad has had more than 500 000 views on the NandosADS YouTube channel since it landed last week.
Nando’s SA marketing manager, Quinton Cronjé, said the global response had been incredibly positive, with only a few rumblings emerging from Zimbabwe, but not the rest of the continent, which also received a few jibes in the 46-second advert.
The advert begins with Mugabe setting what appears to be a festive season dinner table, setting down a place mat for the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi.
As a saddened look crosses his face, we see dreamy flashbacks of Mugabe and Gaddafi wielding water pistols in a water fight in what appears to be one of their many palatial estates.
Cue the song with the lyrics: “Those were the days, my friend” and shots of Mugabe making sand angels with Saddam Hussein, and a tribute to the Titanic with Idi Amin.
And who can forget the karaoke scene with Mao Zedong?
The scene fades back to the present and we see “The Last Dictator Standing”. Mugabe sits alone at his dinner table after many of his implied dictator “buddies” have been removed from power or killed over the past decade.
The tagline? “This time of year, no one should have to eat alone.”
Militant youth groups supporting Mugabe yesterday called for a boycott of the restaurant worldwide. – The Star
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