ANC Twitter campaign backfires

The ANC and DA are always trying to one-up each other, and with election season coming up, they’re in as fierce a rivalry as ever.

The DA started the fun with these billboards declaring "E-tolls. Proudly brought to you by the ANC."

The ANC wasn’t too pleased and lodged a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority and Independent Electoral Commission.

Then, in an effort to drum up a bit more good publicity, ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu started a Twitter campaign called #ProudlyBroughtByANC. 

But boy, did it backfire!

Twitter users responded accordingly, here are some of my favourites:

Shaik and Selebi: Not behind bars, but playing golf and shopping up a storm. #ProudlyBroughtByANC

All these malfunctioning traffic lights must be #ProudlyBroughtByANC 

Deteriorating health services and hospitals! #ProudlyBroughtByANC

Almost R14 a litre of petrol. #ProudlyBroughtByANC

R16 to the pound and R 10 to the dollar - #ProudlyBroughtByANC

Cant see these posts, no electricity #ProudlyBoughtByANC

BEETROOTS & GARLIC AIDS Cure  #ProudlyBoughtByANC

Shower the Aids Away #ProudlyBoughtByANC

Motorists stop in a roadblock and check their wallets to make sure they have enough cash for the bribe not a license.  #ProudlyBoughtByANC


I'm sure these will go on...

Al-Qaeda <--- Don't mind this, it's to F^%$^ with the NSA.