South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit out at the main opposition party after one of its election adverts featured a national flag engulfed in fire.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has defended the image saying it wanted to highlight its argument that the country is in trouble.

Watch advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcdZRAP3cn0?si=FWmf1OOAJbmafs1u

Burning the flag is not illegal, but the president called the DA's depiction an "abuse", adding that it undermined the unity of the country.

Campaigning has become increasingly fractious ahead of the 29 May general election.

In the advert, as the flag is seen going up in flames, a voice-over warns "life will only get worse" under the African National Congress (ANC), which has been in power since 1994.

The burning of the flag is then reversed as the speaker urges voters to support the DA.

"This election is about survival," it ends as the flag is replenished and returns to its original form.

The DA advert angered some South Africans who accused the party of desecrating the flag to highlight challenges faced by citizens.

In a statement on Tuesday, the president said while he was committed to free speech, this has to "be exercised with respect for all people and that it does not incite social upheaval or violence".

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OotCpGG2YK8?si=hOWb3W61mmuxWttZ

In his campaigning, Mr Ramaphosa has acknowledged that there are problems in the country, but he has also emphasised the transformation that South Africa has made in the last three decades.

The ANC led the struggle against white-minority rule and the legalised form of racial discrimination known as apartheid.

"South Africans are more educated, empowered and healthier than they were under apartheid," Mr Ramaphosa has said, urging people not to threaten that progress.

Addressing the media on Sunday, when the advert was launched, DA leader John Steenhuisen said it was a "symbolic representation of the future that awaits South Africa if people do not vote for the DA".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGcHMXdyWJI?si=IFqRA3bzxi1zuaLL

South Africa goes to the polls on May 29. The governing ANC is expected to lose support after 30 years in power. This will be the most contested election since Nelson Mandela was voted president in 1994. The official opposition, DA, is often accused of representing white interests.

Na this same SA some people are saying get economic future pass Nigeria.

I laugh in Mandarin

helinues:
Na this same SA some people are saying get economic future pass Nigeria.

I laugh in Mandarin

Shatap

The same attitude destitute showcase to other profitable tribes in Nigeria.

Soon the rocky nation will be left alone to fade

If by any means South Africans let this opposition win, their country will be like Nigeria. This threat was similar to what APC Buhari used to take power from PDP GEJ and today we're paying for our mistake.

helinues:
Na this same SA some people are saying get economic future pass Nigeria.

I laugh in Mandarin

SA will forever be better than Japageria for the next 500 years 🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆

WannaHowzit:


SA will forever be better than Japageria for the next 500 years 🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆

Hahaha, same SA that goons are stealing traffic lights in broad day light.

When the next SA election major leading candidates are Zuma, Ramaphosa and Malema, all products of ANC same party that bastardized the country.

Speaking of Japa, how many South Africans have Japa from the country in the last one year alone? We dey follow SA matter now.

Hhaha

helinues:


Hahaha, same SA that goons are stealing traffic lights in broad day light.

When the next SA election major leading candidates are Zuma, Ramaphosa and Malema, all products of ANC same party that bastardized the country.

Speaking of Japa, how many South Africans have Japa from the country in the last one year alone? We dey follow SA matter now.

Hhaha

Cape Town to become Africa's wealthiest city because South Africans are returning home. SA is greener pastures for them 🇿🇦🏆. So go poop in your usual gutter🇳🇬👎🏾💩💩💩

https://www.nairaland.com/8087683/cape-town-overtake-joburg-africas

WannaHowzit:


Cape Town to become Africa's wealthiest city because South Africans are returning home. SA is greener pastures for them 🇿🇦🏆.

https://www.nairaland.com/8087683/cape-town-overtake-joburg-africas

To become? Hahaha

Una still dey lie to una self. I have been following SA crisis for like a year now, I mean global discussion warning for total collapse of the country

Why did you ignore what I wrote above? Where is the future prosperity of SA with any of the leading candidates?

helinues:


To become? Hahaha

Una still dey lie to una self.

Why did you ignore what I wrote above? Where is the future prosperity of SA with any of the leading candidates?

Ramaphosa is in power and SA is now the biggest economy in Africa. Japageria is 4th. 🇳🇬👎🏾💩💩💩

How do 300 million people survive on just $250 billion gdp 😂😂😂. SA has just 40 million people (minus japagerians) and has a gdp of almost $400 billion 🤑🤑🤑💰💰💰🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆🏆

WannaHowzit:


Ramaphosa is in power and SA is now the biggest economy in Africa. Japageria is 4th. 🇳🇬👎🏾💩💩💩

Stop quarter cleverness, respond to stealing of traffic lights in broad day light, how about the high rise of Nzinkabi ( hired killers), The goons in the transportation sector?

Yet to even talk about main politics with so many rots.

helinues:


Stop quarter cleverness, respond to stealing of traffic lights in broad day light, how about the high rise of Nzinkabi ( hired killers), The goons in the transportation sector?

Yet to even talk about main politics with so many rots.

Traffic lights are stolen by nyaopes. We all know who sells drugs in SA (🇳🇬👎🏾).

SA elections will be free and fair, despite Inkabi - hence no need for Western observers unlike in Japageria where drug barons steal elections.

Are you done embarrassing yourself and Japageria 🇳🇬?

WannaHowzit:


Ramaphosa is in power and SA is now the biggest economy in Africa. Japageria is 4th. 🇳🇬👎🏾💩💩💩

How do 300 million people survive on just $250 billion gdp 😂😂😂. SA has just 40 million people (minus japagerians) and has a gdp of almost $400 billion 🤑🤑🤑💰💰💰🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆🏆

bros stop to reply that guy.na only crase person Dey compare SA to Nigeria.where is the comparison coming from,na light,infrastructure,economy,education or how?is he not aware that Togo is doing better than Nigeria?SA when Dey in the league of Europe

WannaHowzit:


Traffic lights are stolen by nyaopes. We all know who sells drugs in SA (🇳🇬👎🏾).

SA elections will be free and fair, despite Inkabi - hence no need for Western observers unlike in Japageria where drug barons steal elections.

Are you done embarrassing yourself and Japageria 🇳🇬?

Are you saying the Nigerians are so powerful to be running drug business in SA, wow, they must be genius, meaning those who are into that business from SA are just punks.

Regarding the economy, hahah former Nigeria CBN governor also cooked so many statistics for the country which made us look good but in reality, it's all fake, That's exactly the case of SA with the economic ranking..

Stop relying on cooked Statistics

helinues:


Stop quarter cleverness, respond to stealing of traffic lights in broad day light, how about the high rise of Nzinkabi ( hired killers), The goons in the transportation sector?

Yet to even talk about main politics with so many rots.

u no get sense.is there any country without crime?what’s the crime rate of America?does it make other countries come anywhere close to them.Which transport system are you Talking about?They even have a transport system it may not be perfect but they have.Do we have any?I have lived in SA,u haven’t just probably reading thgs online.That country na the sweetest country in the world.i have pics I took with people that came from America and Canada that came for vacation in Cape Town.can any america or Canadian vacay in Nigeria?Abeg o

highchief1:
u no get sense.is there any country without crime?what’s the crime rate of America?does it make other countries come anywhere close to them.Which transport system are you Talking about?They even have a transport system it may not be perfect but they have.Do we have any?I have lived in SA,u haven’t just probably reading thgs online.That country na the sweetest country in the world.i have pics I took with people that came from America and Canada that came for vacation in Cape Town.can any america or Canadian vacay in Nigeria?Abeg o

This one don quickly become a South African all because say na me dey involved.

Chai, I get so many mansions for some people's Oblongata oo

helinues:


Are you saying the Nigerians are so powerful to be running drug business in SA, wow, they must be genius, meaning those who are into that business from SA are just punks.

Regarding the economy, hahah former Nigeria CBN governor also cooked so many statistics for the country which made us look good but in reality, it's all fake, That's exactly the case of SA with the economic ranking..

Stop relying on cooked Statistics

Just like our free and fair elections, our data is also on point🇿🇦👌🏾🏆. You can cry over it while pooping next to your mom in a public gutter.🇳🇬💩💩💩

Bragging over drug dealing is no surprise - its your culture after all. Scammed a fragile old lady lately? Awesome, that's what you do best 🇳🇬🏆👊🏾

helinues:


This one don quickly become a South African all because say na me dey involved.

Chai, I get so many mansions for some people's Oblongata oo

I don’t know u.this is a faceless forum,wetin concern me and u.data don’t lie.show me one place Nigeria is doing better than SA.only one place.i am well travelled.

WannaHowzit:


Just like our free and fair elections, our data is also is on point 👌🏾 You can cry over it whole pooping next to your mom in a public gutter.🇳🇬💩💩💩

Bragging over drug dealing is no surprise - its your culture after all. Scammed a fragile old lady lately? Awesome, that's what you do best 🇳🇬🏆👊🏾

Hahah, free and fair election in SA?

You dey mess with a wrong guy. When one candidate who loss in the election off late went back to the community he donated transformer to and removed it because those people didn't vote for him?

How many people have been gunned down due to political issue in SA even before the election?

SA is on the verge of collapsing as a nation. The video below, I have watched nothing less than 5 similar narratives from different sources. Do you know more than those people?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rf4Q0HwUlY&pp=ygUec291dGggYWZyaWNhIGVjb25vbXkgY29sbGFwc2Ug

highchief1:
I don’t know u.this is a faceless forum,wetin concern me and u.data don’t lie.show me one place Nigeria is doing better than SA.only one place.i am well travelled.

To start with, have you been to that same SA before?

helinues:


To start with, have you been to that same SA before?

lived in Joborg,kzn and Cape Town.

highchief1:
lived in Joborg,kzn and Cape Town.

If you have truly lived in SA before, how then you are asking which place in Nigeria better pass SA?

The developed areas in SA are mostly areas where whites are living, the reasonable are slums where blacks are living. Proof me wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIm2fQ_yZU&pp=ygUec291dGggYWZyaWNhIGVjb25vbXkgY29sbGFwc2Ug


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqC-3WUpF5s&t=122s&pp=ygUec291dGggYWZyaWNhIGVjb25vbXkgY29sbGFwc2Ug

WannaHowzit, I would make you sweat, make you para on this thread with facts

I prefer the DA to take power from the corrupt ANC guys.

helinues:


If you ha e truly lived in SA before, how then you are asking which place in Nigeria better pass SA?

The developed areas in SA are mostly areas where whites are living, the reasonable are slums where blacks are living. Proof me wrong

no u are not wrong.but do u know SA has whites too as indigens?so what’s ur point.even america has slums.

highchief1:
no u are not wrong.but do u know SA has whites too as indigens?so what’s ur point.even america has slums.

I am not wrong, then do we have such segregation/discrimination in Nigeria that made you to ask your initial question?

helinues:


Hahah, free and fair election in SA?

You dey mess with a wrong guy. When one candidate who loss in the election off late went back to the community he donated transformer to and removed it because those people didn't vote for him?

How many people have been gunned down due to political issue in SA even before the election?

SA is on the verge of collapsing as a nation. The video below, I have watched nothing less than 5 similar narratives from different sources. Do you know more than those people?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rf4Q0HwUlY&pp=ygUec291dGggYWZyaWNhIGVjb25vbXkgY29sbGFwc2Ug

I don't trust 80% of news on Nairaland when it comes to SA - always negative. During the riots they posted fake news South Africans were about to turn into cannibals and that a woman looted dozens of dildos. We all know Japageria is fake news and propaganda central.

SA has free and fair elections - argue with your keyboard if you like (no western observers to monitor us like children as they always do Japageria where drug barons and zombie Sudanese Jubrils win elections).

If SA as Africa's biggest and most advanced economy is on the verge of collapse, then i wonder what Japageria at 4th position is going through 😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏾🇳🇬💩💩💩

The xenophobic blacks would not do a shit about it. But, their biggest problem is Nigerians living there. Who bewitch Black south Africans?

WannaHowzit:


I don't trust 80% of news on Nairaland when it comes to SA - always negative. During the riots they posted fake news South Africans were about to turn into cannibals and that a woman looted dozens of dildos. We all know Japageria is fake news and propaganda central.

SA has free and fair elections - argue with your keyboard if you like (no western observers to monitor us like children as they always do Japageria where drug barons and zombie Sudanese Jubrils win elections).

If SA as Africa's biggest and most advanced economy is on the verge of collapse, then i wonder what Japageria at 4th position is going through 😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏾🇳🇬💩💩💩

Haha, NL news?

I have posted 3 different YouTube videos from 3 different sources, take your time to watch those videos and come back to apologize for bragging about SA current cooked economy statistics

helinues:


I am not wrong, then do we have such segregation in Nigeria that made you to ask your initial question?

no sir.but if I am not mistaken.If white fix their cities is it no longer their city?if white gave them light is not not their light?And the said whites are South Africans.So what’s the issue here.Can I shock u?That place u call slum we call it location there.The locations have the kind of light and road that ikoyi and Maitama does not have.bros have u ever been der or u just Dey read news about them.

highchief1:
no sir.but if I am not mistaken.If white fix their cities is it no longer their city?if white gave them light is not not their light?And the said whites are South Africans.So what’s the issue here.Can I shock u?That place u call slum we call it location there.The locations have the kind of light and road that ikoyi and Maitama does not have.bros have u ever been der or u just Dey read news about them.

You eventually end up contradicting your initial question.

You can now rest.

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WannaHowzit, I would make you sweat, make you para on this thread with facts
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You'll never make me sweat - I don't run to mommy moderators like you do to get people banned like you do. You're a very weak gutter pooping Japagerian.