Ad with cartoon president eating fish and chips is rejected by South Africa broadcaster
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}South Africa's national broadcaster has rejected an advertisement featuring a cartoon version of President Jacob Zuma enjoying a bargain fast-food dinner of fish and chips.
The advertisement takes place inside a mansion named after his family's rural home that's received $23 million in state-funded renovations.
The ad had been scheduled to air Monday night on SABC, but the television broadcaster declined to show it. Kaizer Kganyago, a spokesman for SABC, says the broadcaster refused to air the ad as its officials believed it implied Zuma himself lent his credibility to the food deal.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The advertisement for Fish and Chips Co. that SABC declined to air, however, merely adds to a number of spots recently designed to play on ethnic or political divisions to spark controversy — and free publicity.