The lads in Nando’s South African marketing department love nothing more than to take the piss out of people in power and their latest advert is no different.
It must be nice to be a government official who gets chauffeured around town by the police, but what would happen if four different ministerial convoys ended up getting in each other’s way at a crossroads?
Well, Nando’s is here to show us what would probably happen in South Africa if the scenario above actually happened… and it’s pretty funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIl5p6gPWjg
Here’s what the chicken gurus had to say on YouTube: “Ever wondered what would happen if four blue light brigades met at an intersection. Nando’s can tell you!
“In true Nando’s style, once again we’ve created an ad that makes us laugh, reflects our reality and creates debate.”
Here’s a 2011 offering from Nando’s South Africa, which was released around the time that Muammar Gaddafi was killed, and it will forever go down as one of our all-time favourite controversial adverts…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1EX–vdxh4
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have a hankering for some spicy chicken…
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