By Johnathan Paoli and Phuti Mosomane
Despite the huge controversy that has erupted after the Democratic Alliance (DA) released an advert that shows the burning of the South African national flag, analysts have agreed no law has been broken.
In exclusive interviews with Inside Politics on Wednesday, political analyst Levy Ndou and
former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) director advocate Menzi Simelane have both said the issue surrounding the dramatic advert – that has caused a storm on social media – centres around moral and ethical values – not legal ones.
But, Ndou said, it has appeared that as an electoral strategy, the advert “had backfired”, and had instead created a situation in which the opposition party is now concentrating on responding to criticism rather than focusing on their election campaign.
Ndou said the DA did not appreciate the extent of what the symbol of the burning flag
represents.
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