Robert Mugabe and Saddam Hussein frolick together in the sand in Nando's controversial new advertising campaign.Nando's/YouTube
Robert Mugabe and Saddam Hussein frolick together in the sand in Nando's controversial new advertising campaign.Nando's/YouTubeCol Gaddafi fires a gold AK-47 water pistol at Robert Mugabe in Nando's controversial new advertising campaign.Nando's/YouTubeNando's South Africa produced this campaign in the wake of the passing of the South African Protection of the State Information bill on Tuesday Nov. 22. The bill was widely condemned by the media and activists as curtailing freedom of expression in the country.Nando'sControversial Nando's advert featuring a halal chicken.Nando'sContoversial Nando's advert.Nando'sNando's advert capitalising on the mass uprisings in the Arab world.Nando'sNando's Ramadan advert.Nando'sNando's South Africa makes fun of ANC Youth league leader Julius Manema after a spelling error in a Youth league statement called for the "closer" of Twitter.Nando'sNando's advert following the arrest of Paris Hilton for possession of marijuana during the 2010 World Cup.Nando's SAControversial Nando's advert during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.Nando's
Robert Mugabe stars in Nando's "Last Dictator Standing" advertisement, in which the long-time despot reminisces about happier days shared with fallen dictators around the world.
Muammar Gaddafi brandishing a water pistol, Chairman Mao singing karaoke and Saddam Hussein frolicking in his underwear all lend this politically-charged advert a sense of surrealism and dark comedy.
The minute-long clip ends with a voice-over saying "No one should ever eat alone," and advertising Nando's six-pack spicy chicken meal.
The international restaurant chain has a long history of provocative and politically sensitive adverts, including one seemingly promoting polygamy. Here are some of the IBTimes' favourites.
