DA's controversial advert banned, Steenhuisen unleashes scathing attack on Ramaphosa
's controversial flag burning advert after the received widespread criticism on social media, with people saying that the party was burning the"rainbow nation".announced this in Diepkloof in Soweto on Thursday. He, however, added that the DA's message of hope and its call to rescue South Africa would not be silenced.
Meanwhile, the letter from the SABC, signed by complaints specialist Nyiko Shibambo, informed the Independent Communications Authority of SA of its decision to reject the advert. The public broadcaster said it had rejected the ad after monitoring the outcry from South Africans of all races condemning the flag burning advert.Likewise, the SABC believes that the advert encourages damage of treasured national symbols.
In an unprecedented attack on our democracy, deployed ANC cadres at the SABC have banned the DA’s latest advertisement from the air to hide the truth of how the ANC has burnt our country to the ground. The DA will fight to the highest court in the land to defend our constitution.According to Steenhuisen, the prospect of seeing the flag and all that it symbolises going up in flames had grabbed the attention of the country ahead the most profound political transition in 30 years.
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