Most of you will have heard about the spat between the African National Congress and First National Bank. For those of you who haven't heard about it, here's the gist of what happened:
FNB launched the "You Can Help" initiative, an ad campaign that features a number of young people who express their hopes for the future of our country. A number of these brave young souls refused to ignore the R250 million elephant in the room. They pointed out that while some (note: I said some) people within our national government robbed us blind, millions of South Africans are living in abject poverty.
I doubt that these kids were saying anything that we weren't all already thinking. But the ANC has had its feathers ruffled, describing the ad campaign as "appalling". Our beloved Youth League, who have been very quiet lately, have been throwing the word "treason" around. FNB's response to the criticism was quite disappointing. They pulled the ads from their website to "protect" the children involved in the campaign. I have to be honest, I don't think that was there main motivation. I think they wimped out.
I believe that many within our government genuinely want to make our country a better place and provide "a better life for all". But the ANC cannot deny that the amount of corruption taking place is unacceptable, and that Nkandla-gate is a slap in the face of every impoverished person in this country.
I've only seen this one clip and I think that it's quite inspirational. This young lady is an exceptional public speaker.
Of course, what would a blowout like this be without our resident funny people getting in on the action?
Trevor Noah posted the following on his Facebook page:
"So I guess Zuma is moving his Nkandla home loan to another bank?"
Being the masters of pointed comments, Nando's just couldn't resist this opportunity to... well, chirp:
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| Funny guys, aren't they? |
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