Nando’s reminds South Africans to take pride in knowing their ‘national anthem’

If you love your country, you know its national anthem off by heart. That’s a given. But if you’re in South Africa there are two ‘national anthems’ you should know.

The first is Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika — the one played at sporting events and official functions. The second tends to be reserved for parties, when everybody’s had a few beers.

It’s kwaito artist Mandoza’s Nkalakatha and absolutely everyone knows it. At least that’s what fast food chicken franchise Nando’s seems to think:

The ad is part of its #25Reasons campaign. The campaign, in celebration of the chicken outlet’s 25th birthday, asks the people of South Africa to give 25 reasons they love their country.

The franchise has also created a board on Pinterest, typically tongue-in-cheek, detailing the reasons it loves South Africa.

It’s also asking people to make their own Pinterest boards titled #25Reasons. They can re-pin their favourite reasons from the Nando’s board, or create their own.The most shared reasons will get made into an online video.