Press statement from Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela MP:
The Independent Electoral Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa have been formally requested to stop the Democratic Alliance from continuing to broadcast an election advertisement that seeks to hoodwink voters into believing that, were he alive today, the former President uTata Nelson Mandela would have considered voting for the DA.
Press statement from Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela MP:
The Independent Electoral Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa have been formally requested to stop the Democratic Alliance from continuing to broadcast an election advertisement that seeks to hoodwink voters into believing that, were he alive today, the former President uTata Nelson Mandela would have considered voting for the DA.
Press statement from Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela MP:
The Independent Electoral Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa have been formally requested to stop the Democratic Alliance from continuing to broadcast an election advertisement that seeks to hoodwink voters into believing that, were he alive today, the former President uTata Nelson Mandela would have considered voting for the DA.
FORMAL COMPLAINTS LAID WITH IEC AND ASASA OVER DA ABUSE OF MADIBA The Independent Electoral Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa have been formally requested to stop the Democratic Alliance from continuing to broadcast an election advertisement that seeks to hoodwink voters into believing that, were he alive today, the former President uTata Nelson Mandela would have considered voting for the DA. There is ample evidence that Madiba would never have supported the DA. He was a lifelong member and leader of the ANC, who made it clear that the first thing he'd do on arriving in heaven would be to find the nearest ANC branch. The Mandela family is outraged at this abuse of its revered elder. We understand that, as a founding father of our nation and beloved president, there is a sense in which Madiba "belonged" to all South Africans. But his legacy is not for sale to political parties. Not to the DA, EFF, FF+ or any other party. For the DA to use his voice to try and convince South Africans to vote against the only political organisation he ever held dear is a crudely disrespectful distortion of history. Below (in green italics) is the text of the complaint formally submitted to the IEC and ASASA today. COMPLAINT IN RESPECT OF DA TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT VIOLATING THE ELECTORAL CODE, AND REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION Over the past weekend, a DA election advertisement using the voice of former President Nelson Mandela was brought to the attention of the Mandela family. The use of the former President's voice was not approved by his family or the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
It is a matter of public record that uTata Mandela was a
lifelong member and leader of the ANC, and that he said the first thing he'd do on getting to heaven would be to join the nearest ANC branch. Speaking of the DA's predecessors, the NP and DP, President Mandela once said: "The NP and DP are engaged in a desperate struggle to out-compete each other in a race which they believe will be won by whoever convinces the white minority that they are the most reliable and best defenders of white privilege." For the DA to use uTata's voice against the ANC is a distortion of fact and a distortion of history. It is unfair, unpalatable, unethical and unacceptable. Please find below an electronic link to view the advertisement. We hereby request your good office to urgently consider this matter and take appropriate steps to stop this unashamed manipulation of our Father of the Nation. Yours faithfully NKOSI ZWELIVELILE MANDELA MP Ends
This communique was distributed for Nkosi Mandela by Oryx
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