How ‘Dictators’ Sell Fast Food In South Africa
A new TV ad from the South Africa-based chicken restaurant chain, Nando’s, is prompting laughs and raising some eye brows. The ad features look-a-likes for a slew of tyrants from Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe to the late Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Gia Nicolaides, a reporter based in Johannesburg, about reaction to the ad.
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