Nandos has left South Africa in stitches with the release of its new “Mzansipoli” advertisement, a hilarious Monopoly-like board game depicting the country’s many social injustices.
“Beat the game that has been playing you,” the company tweeted on Tuesday morning.
No ad to show here.
Beat the game that has been playing you #Mzansipoli
pic.twitter.com/8T8l9v76Wz — NandosSA (@NandosSA) November 26, 2019
South Africans loved Nandos’ daring creativity and, with features like “token Asian”, “black Twitter”, “white privilege” and the “race card”, the ad began trending on Twitter.
So Nandos decided to shade the whole system??
pic.twitter.com/LxOiM5AlXT — SimCard (@CmphiweNtuli_) November 26, 2019
Definitely the ad of the year.
pic.twitter.com/wpzbEWgR0S — Raised in Africa. (@paballo_patsa) November 26, 2019
THIS IS THE BEST AD IN SOUTH AFRICA pic.twitter.com/EhD1Jq1uCd
— elvee the plug
(@elvee_T) November 26, 2019
Some even expressed their desire to buy “Mzansipoli” for a chance to play.
Okay so where do we purchase pic.twitter.com/MApMQMP8Tu
— Nothando Tembe (@NothandoTembe) November 26, 2019
You need to have this in stores nationwide
I’m ready to purchase #MzansipoliI can’t wait to play the race card
— Benjamin Malatsi (@ibe_Benjy) November 26, 2019
If I dont get this game on the next family meal, I want a refund #Mzqnsipoli @NandosSA
— Black (@turbo_zar) November 26, 2019
While others simply loved the ad’s finer moments.
Racist neighbor moves to ORANIA.. TJO TJO TJO pic.twitter.com/NY2RTlzlkw
— Motho Shuu
( ) (@1stMelvin) November 26, 2019
That shuffle the cabinet
— Edmund Rabe (@edmundrabe) November 26, 2019
Lands on Eskom- “What’s going on there? Nobody knows” pic.twitter.com/1SJajgx9yQ
— 1_A$TIN_5 (@1Tshepo5) November 26, 2019
Meanwhile, everyone else is patiently waiting for some backlash.
— NandosSA (@NandosSA) November 26, 2019
Feature image: screenshot, @NandosSA via Twitter
