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‘You sold us out for Nando’s’: SA grills Thuli Madonsela for spicy craving
Mzansi is still buzzing about Nando’s jab at Piet Rampedi and the Tembisa 10 in their latest ad. Take a look at why former public protector Thuli Madonsela came under fire…
Image via Twitter: @ThuliMadonsela3
This weekend popular fast food restaurant Nando’s decided to get some free marketing by sending former public protector Thuli Madonsela some Nando’s after she tweeted how much she was craving it.
Surprisingly, not many South Africans were happy for her and soon both she, “Tembisa 10” journalist Piet Rampedi and Nando’s were trending on Twitter.
Thuli Madonsela gets her craving fulfilled
The former South African Public Protector, Professor Thuli Madonsela is seemingly one of the lucky people who tweet about their cravings and then suddenly finds her wish being granted.
She recently headed online to tweet about her hankering for some Nando’s chicken and lo and behold, she got a whole bunch of meals sent her way by the quick-thinking marketing team who saw an opportunity to trend again.
“All this talk about #Nandos has triggered my craving for the grilled juicy extra extra hot #Nandos. But there are still no deliveries in my area,” she tweeted on 28 August.
Not long thereafter the activist was posing beside a number of Nando’s meals in a snap that she captioned:
“Thank you @NandosSA for the amazing #Nandos dinner. In the end, it was a feast that we decided to share with others that need it most. Super #Grateful.”
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Locals are not impressed
While some may argue that people were simply jealous that she got a whole bunch of free food for simply tweeting about it, others may say that Prof. Madonsela should have reconsidered posing with the meals considering the tight spot the food company has found themselves in after making a joke about Pretoria journalist Piet Rampedi and his huge Tembisa 10 baby scandal.
In case you missed it, the journalist found himself at the center of backlash after he reported about a Tembisa woman giving birth to 10 babies and then having to apologise for the whole thing being quite sketchy to say the least. Of course, Nando’s wanted to cash in by making an arguably hilarious joke about it that some South Africans found inappropriate.
And now Thuli Madonsela has found herself in the mix after opening a readily available comment section for people to both drag her for flexing her big Nando’s haul and for her bit in the country’s current political turmoil. Read some of their comments below:
@DuchessWakanda said:
“Was it really necessary Ma’am? The high regard I had for you, to this level of pettiness. If anything, you should be guiding, leading, and directing youngsters NOT compete with them insofar as who has more power is concerned… Anyway, let me drink my water.”
@njekeent said:
“It’s actually a disgrace in the poverty we live to be flaunting food that some people don’t have. Shame on you people for playing this game. Donate such to the really poor that don’t have.”
@MogauKganki said:
“So she gave us that factional state capture report in exchange for Nandos chicken? Bo nomvula gaba feel.”
@Rodneydark said:
“You really sold us for Nandos freebies …they made you make a false claim about President Zuma just for chicken.”
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