Here Is The FNB Broadcast That The ANC Are Saying Amounts To ‘Treason’ [Video]

The ANC are freaking out all over the place about a recent FNB broadcast. They’re saying it amounts to ‘treason,’ which is pretty radical. Here is a video of the broadcast. Check it out – it’s only 3 minutes long.

UPDATE: Things are getting very spicy now. the video in this article is from the start of the campaign and is not the exact videos the ANCYL are freaking out about. They now claim that FNB have removed the videos. And they want them back! Read more about that here.

According to Mail & Guardian:

First National Bank’s adverts calling for change in SA has been slammed by the ANC, with its youth league saying the campaign bordered on treason.

“This isn’t an advert – it’s a political statement. An attack on the president, his ministers and government as a whole,” ANC spokesperson Keith Khoza told the Mail & Guardian on Sunday.

FNB launched their You can help brand campaign in Soweto last week through a series of online videos, in which a number of South African youths shared their views on the country.

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Damn. I wish we could all just get along.

I thought treason was to do with the old days, involving kings and queens. Apparently not.

This is what Michael Jordaan had to say:

UPDATE: This is the video which launched the campaign, the ANC is up in arms over a set of videos that have since been taken off FNB’s youtube account. [thanks Nickolaus]

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002031068361 Narike Lintvelt

omg… full-on propaganda… and the ANC don’t like their own medicine, it seems
Joe Bloggs

The message didn’t mention any specific names or political parties! The ANC and its leadership are just so full of s#!t that they know the message is about them…

Innocent until proven guilty or innocent until you react in a manner that shows you feel responsible for screwing up our country!

Funny isn’t it! Well played FNB! Well played!

VIVA ANC. VIVA CORRUPCHIN!
http://www.facebook.com/klaus.bauer Nickolaus Bauer

Dear Seth…

This is not the video FNB is in hot water over. Although it is the video which launched the campaign, the ANC is up in arms over a set of videos that have since been taken off FNB’s youtube account.
Lyall

Seth, that is not the video that Keith Khoza is referring to!

The one video referred to by Khoza contains calls to “stop voting for the same government” and the other calls the ANC led government “corrupt”.

It is odd that FNB would support such calls?!

P.S. Some research may be necessary before pushing that “Publish” button.
Seth

Hey Lyall – thanks for the message. Yes indeed – we did include an ‘update’ in the article when what you said was discovered earlier today. Interestingly enough, the absence of said videos is now a bone of contention for the ANCYL (see latest article on site). It will be interesting to see what happens next!
Robin

who cares what the messages in the video where. problem is free speech and opinions can now amount to treason… WTF?? as the videos where still based on children at schools providing thier opinions regards the goverment… only reason they calling it treason is because the opinions could easly become allogations which are 100% true…
http://twitter.com/SivuMakhonco Sivu Makhonco

The video you’re linking to here is not the one that offended the ANC and you know it! FNB have clearly said they have removed the offending videos, albeit for different reasons. Neither Keith Khoza (ANC spokesperson) nor the ANCYL claimed this particular clip is offensive in anyway.
ihatetheanc

So, the government is NOT rife with corruption? I want even one member from the ANC to say that there is no corruption in our government.

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