People should being in their feelings “oh how could they burn the flag”, instead of asking why do we still have load shedding, why do we have so much unemployment? That’s where your emotions should be focused on, stop being ignorant
Its an emotive issue understanding and having lived in our so recent evil past. But do hear you, perhaps DA should account for lives lost in Tshwane due to colera, over 28 people in Hammanskraal, rather spend their money fixing that than adverts invoking emotions... upto today, under DA's leadership people still live in stinking places (sewer) and have sewer/grey water, running through their taps at times... this is lived reality that truly makes people emotional I guess, adding to the ones you are raising around loadaheding and unemployment
@@NMK-i7k Rand Water which supplies drinking water to Gauteng, is one of the biggest water utilities in the world ! Like all other State Owned Entities in SA, it is controlled and mismanaged by the ANC National Government, not the DA in Tshwane!! It was shameful when our President, who should know better, blamed the DA Administration in Tshwane for this failure of the Nationsl Government in order to deflect blame abd attention away from the ANC with elections around the corner!! If you want to live in a successful country with infrastructure that really works and where people have jobs and dignity, then vote for the DA and Multi Party Charter in 2024 to rescue our beautiful country!!
Us blacks we like to stand for things that are not necessarily but fighting for what's important we are failing. Imagine crying for a useless cloth for an advert compare to serious crisis we facing in mzansi 😢💔Poor mindset we have.
@@Wammuso777 A wise Irish Statesman, Edmund, once said, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” I would like to believe that it is not a useless cloth that is being burnt, otherwisr John could have just burnt any cloth... It starts like this, allowing insults to the many lives that were lost, symbolized by the red in the flag, allowing people to literally spit on the face of those whose fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, etc were killed, not so long ago, by calling this symbol a useless cloth that I find tragic. I would argue that this symbol represents way more than just what others may think and that it must be respected... If John wants to burn something to get a message to the ruling party or those he hates, he should perhaps try burn their flags or t-shirts, not insult our families who opted for reconciliation from the pain and suffering inflicted on us by their forebears. It does get emotional for those who appreciate its meaning, those who lived under the evil system that was defeated, leading to the creation and adoption of this symbol, a symbol representing their commitment to reconciliation, pearce, harmony, freedom and equality for all.
Shell is leaving. Pharmaceutical companies are leaving. Wealthy individuals are leaving. Medical professionals are leaving. Highest unemployment rate in the countries history. Lack of sufficient power supply. Crumbling infrastructure. Little to no economic growth. A Relentless pursuit to bring in NHI (which we can't afford and won't benefit anyone). Countless businesses shutting down. Should I go further?
*BEE is the cause SHELL couldn't handle BEE dumb laws the ANC cardre wanted money for their shares SHELL disagreed telling them their shares is useless (Now they moved out of SA and thousands of jobs is now lost*
Anyway, it wasn't flag burning. The flag represents a burning country under the ANC which is restored by the DA. It's the ANC clowns that just don't get it because they are holding the burning flag
Well, I’m certainly voting for the DA; and I even manage to convince a majority of my family to do the same. Some of them are stubborn and what to vote for the parties like the EFF, but that is fine. So long as it is the ANC anymore.🎉
...but you are siting in the same house chewing bread with your children.. Go to Ukraine where you'll understand what it is to live in a house that's burning..
Scientists in South Africa have defined how to create farmers artificially because of the incredible rate that farmers are being murdered at in this country.
Voting for the DA it is a big mistake. History will repeat themselves. I hope so Africa do not vote. No white men up there they will bring back slavery.
Let me explain this DA’s advert is true but using South African flag to say we are burning is totally wrong and against the constitution of South Africa . The flag does not represent South Africa but the rainbow nation and unity of the people of South Africa. DA could have used the map structure of South Africa instead of the flag.
@@mybru1 You dont know what treason is...the ANC already sold SA out to their masters...thats the highest treason. But narcissists always blame others for what they are guilty of. Read between the lines and dont take sides.
😂😂😂😂 I was angry but had to laugh. I won't be surprised if he came up with this idea. School is important dude. What you did was so wrong and you should be punished for it...😂
he is a foolish man who is fluent in English,and some people mistake it as intelligence....did he not realise that burning the nation's flag is a disgrace act of betrayal...he conflates the ANC flag with our country's flag that we love
DA once called the Indians heros for killing the black people in Phoenix and the DA is burning our flag,to the black people's what does this mean,there was something written on the inside of the door by one of the toilet doors in one of the garages on the N3 and it's said the black wolf came to the white wolf's house and drove it out of its house and the white wolf has'nt forgotten what the black wolf did to it and the burning of our flag is the message that is send to us black people
I think that the DA is pointing out that the dreams we cherished with our new flag have been trashed by the conduct of the ANC to the majority of our population. Our rainbow nation is beset with racism and corruption, murder and lack of maintenance under ANC leadership with very little if any accountability. A total failure of honest effective government!
Do you know that four out of every five new jobs in SA over the past five years were created in the Western Cape?? Vote DA in 2024 for a prosperous and successful country with jobs and dignity for the people and infrastructure, public schools and especially public hospitals that really work!!
@@KeabetsweKekana-c6uSlavery is when you are forced to work. Who in the Cape is forced to work? Jobs are created by the private sector, not by government.
Dear Democratic Alliance, in your desperate attempt to capture more votes, you completely lost the plot! These are the reasons why the burning flag advert was unwise, taking into account South Africa's history: 1. Enhances division: Burning the flag could deepen existing divisions, fostering more conflict. 2. Resurfaces trauma: Many South Africans, particularly Apartheid-era activists, may relive painful memories. 3. Shows disrespect: The act may disrespect the country's symbol and the principles it represents, as well as those who fought for freedom. 4. Risks alienating supporters: It may offend potential supporters concerned about corruption but opposed to flag burning. 5. Lacks constructive discourse: The advert could provoke rather than promote constructive dialogue. 6. Historical sensitivity: South Africa's complex past demands respectful political expression to avoid further discord. There are more effective and respectful ways to express dissent and advocate for change... and this advert was certainly NOT one of them. I recommend retracting the offensive advertisement and issuing a public apology.
Arrogant racists would never apologize. They just don't know how to. If anything, they do everything to justify and defend this. You've captured everything so well. Too bad most of them can't read. Those that do don't really care much
The DA IS the freshness that we need. Look at the difference in Western Cape Governance and the other 8 provinces under ANC rule. The Western Cape is not perfect but they are far better off than us in ANC provinces. They even have less loadshedding than us all.
The DA supports Ukraine neo-Nazis and the genocide in Palestine.. Also, they are basically anti-BRICS just like Milei of Argentina.. They are Yankee stooges..
@@ja9.b73 I think the best thing to do is compare Manifestos and track-records. Rise Mzansi is a new, young party and I think it would be unwise for us to cast our votes to such a young and inexperienced party. However, if that is your choice, I respect it my friend. Remember, vote wisely
The arrogance from these people will be their downfall on the 29th he will look back on this day and wish he never presented this nonsense advert to the country.
their western imposed agenda and racist attitute will not allow them to...the fact that they desecrated our symbol of freedom and democracy means they dont really care about the racial equality that 1994 brought...regardless of the ANC corruption and incompetence..
only when its full of DA haters. The working part of the country supports this. We have one stage lower loadsheding and 4/5 new jobs. They are reading us very well. A while ago the DA called me to ask me if they can help me to register to vote for them. I said not unless you fix the potholes in the street. It took a month but it was done. DA continually proves how much better SA can be.
What about all the ANC own goals of cadre deployment, looting and corruption on an industrial scale, load shedding, water shedding, BEE causing job losses eg Shell, unemployment, potholed roads etc etc???
Children are the one's running the country. 30 years in power and destroyed the country and still blame apartheid for their failures. A child would do a better job.
This is why Education is very important. Fact that noone flagged this shows just how dumb everyone in the DA is. Its not just their leader. Zero respect for flag. I bet they wouldnt even burn the old one coz thats what they hang in their houses.
The major problem the DA made was to make an educated advert. They forgot that the education system has bean crap due to ANC that people don't even understand metaphors. It seems like they overestimated the mental capabilities of an average voter that the ANC education has produced. In reality, there is no problem in burning the flag in this advert, they were portraying how South Africa is deteriorating/burning to ashes and spoke about the cause of it (ANC) and how its coalition with other parties like EFF will worsen things. Then at the end, showed the flag restoring to its original form and that the DA is the way for that to happen. If they needed to burn something to show the message of SA deteriorating, it was either the flag burns or SA map burn. And either way they would have gotten backlashed, the only problem is that DA DID THE ADD. Because they are a mixed party with whites having positions, people make the advert seem like something big and bad. The problem is not the SA flag burning in an advert, but the problem is people just hating that the "SA flag burning advert" was done by a "white party" (the DA). Its Just people hating DA for something other parties could do.
I am a DA supportor but can not agree with the burning of our national flag. You could have used a map of SA but not the flag. Now my family and I don't know who to vote for.
I'm personally not supporting DA but the fact is "DA is the only party to rescue this country" as a taxpayers we're tired of this constant theft by the ruling party
Im disappointed in the DA many were saying its a racist party renting a black face i didn't believe that 😔 but now with this act shows who they are ,DA lost my vote on 29 may
I think it's a misguided bit of advertising. Most of the negative reaction was triggered by the first visual with no real attempt to explain it. Unfortunately the level of cultural interpretation of the image and visceral reaction is fairly predictable. Perhaps another symbol of democracy could have served better. More emphasis on basic ideals of nationhood needed to be explained.
This is now too personal and I will be too personal come 29 May. I am sure those who were still confused on which party to vote for after what is currently happening between different parties then i really dont know.
It's doomsday in Hammanskraal today, it has been for years, under DA leadership... People died of cholera, over 28, under your watch,m as DA, I guess it doesn't matter to you because none of them are your colour... Rescue Hammanskraal first, perhaps we will believe your promise thereafter... AND JOHN, RESPECT OUR FLAG... As a leader we expect betyer from you, we expect you to understand what it took for SA to get to thus FLAG, ti understand what the RED color means on this flag... Many died under white rule not so long ago to bring about this Flag... many to this date still unaccounted for... Black people did not do adverts burning the murderous appartheid flag... because even though we despise what your parents and grand parents did, the crimes they committed, we never went out to diarespect the flag that represented the murderous regime. We understood that amongst you there are many who held and still hold the flag close ro their hearts, wrongly or rightly... You are invoking our painful past JOHN and you know it... Be a leader, not for a few, but for all, that us if you mean what you are saying about "rescue South Africa" Appreciate our diversity, our painful past. We are ready JOHN for the economic suffocation that your kind have already threatened... Rupet threatened Zuma with that when he moved their boy Pravin... We know that they are capable of it, they aware well aware of the possible devastation to humanity, but they don't care because it will nit be their kind who will suffer... It is evil, just like apartheid was... its evil... RESPECT OUR FLAG JOHN
DA will still let the rich become more richer and the poor more poorer, the DA talks about other parties BUT they won't talk about their corruption in the Western Cape and the inequality of their services where a certain group gets free water and another group's water gets cut and these are elderly people who lives from a pension day to day. Mothers are struggling with their babies who can't even make a milk bottle for her baby each day. They the DA might loose the Western Cape if they go on like that.
unemployment is the lowest in the WC and 4 of 5 new jobs created are in the WC. they've allocated over 70% of Cape Town's budget to the poor. they support the poor more than any others
@@lm_b5080 Only for a certain group of people are getting employed. Just do some research and see where that 70% goes, It is wasted money. If you know what certain people of the WC know you will agree BUT you don't know. In Atlantis they built a sports complex which is a white elephant currently where money could've been invested in education or health department respectively (and this is just one thing in this area).
After 30yrs the DA has not increased its black electorate, there are no black people in senior positions in the DA, all black people who have held those positions have resigned. Why? Think the DA must address this problem or forget about ever being a majority party in the RSA. Plus conditions in black areas of the Western Cape are the same as the rest of country.
Well, you ought to look past this and accept that apartheid had it right is basically what they want you to end up accepting...they know what it looks like, they aren't willing to fix it, you must come to accept it.
Oh, you just don't get it. How did the flag look at the end of the advert? Restored, like the country will be under the DA. It's that ANC that has burned the flag.
@@brianclement2329 i respect your perspective, totally disagree with anyone playing with our flag, does not matter what they mean... The RED on this flag represents the blood spilled under the Old Flag, the murderous apartheid FLAG which nk one ever "played with" regardless of what it represented... if John understood what this flag means for all, sensitive to the recent past that lead to this flag, not just a few or the minority, he would not allow such as a leader in SA, appreciating our complex past... I hear your view, totally disagree and peoe must not hide behind politics, must just respect this FLAG...
Arrogance ! The South African flag is not the ANC flag. It was intended by Madiba for reconciliation. I am a Ward 90 DA supporter and will be voting for the local Ward Councillor. I will not be voting DA nationally.
The flag represented the hopes and ideals of a new SA moving forward together and crating a non racial prosperous country. This perpetual harping on racialism is holding us back as a people and inhibits growth.
This man cabt protect the country if he has courage to burn a national flag publicly. He say whatever he wants, but burning a national symbol for whatever, is in bad taste and terrible judgement
If I have low self-esteem I will vote for the DA, until then, I will stick with my EFF. Imagine the possibilities if you can borrow land and finance from the state to start your business, that is limitless.📸
The EFF will destroy SA. Where is the EFF going to get money to finance the land? Money comes from the private sector via taxes. The EFF doesn't create anything, none have run a business, they create no income. What happens when people take their money and move to another country. Then South Africa loses all their tax income. How are they going to get the land? Oh yes, they are going to steal it. When a country loses property rights they are finished. You will have nothing
You would rather have the same fat cat in power for 30 years and fool yourself into believing you have democracy than vote for a white guy. Because you are racist.
@@shafiyaalgiquadra1105 So what Congo Native.You decimated the Khoisan whilst not building anything.South Africa is for all those who live in it...not kweres like yourself of course.Tick Tock
Metaphor: noun: metaphor; plural noun: metaphors • a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. • a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
@@phumlamazibuko3003 didnt know you where a fortune teller, please send me the winning lottery numbers for next week.🤣 cANCer so strong it will need the eff and mk to maybe win this election, says alot about them now doesnt it.
This was all to get attention, they are this desperate to be seen 😂😂to even burn the flag of country they have to be saved how low can you go.things are tough everywhere, Zuma really stole the show for everyone, now DA can get some airtime 😂.
This statement is for educational purposes and nothing more. I don’t condone any form violence to any persons, Mara guys imagine we were still living in the Ancient World and during the Medieval Period. Punishments for treason we really serve in those days dating all the way back to the earliest civilizations. In the Ancient World (3000 BC), In places like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China, betraying your ruler could get you permanently removed from society. These punishments were often quite brutal and during The Medieval Period (476 AD), With the rise of feudalism in Europe, the idea of betraying your lord or king became a big deal. Punishments in Europe were particularly shocking, with methods like public hanging and dismemberment. How could they? How could people live like that? I would not want to imagine anyone go through such. Regardless if someone burns their countries flag after 300 years of both colonialism and apartheid Especially 30 years into freedom in order to campaign for elections. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The entire anc government must be tested in a court fo law for crimes against humanity...stealing from the poor is and starving children is inhumane and despicable
In 30 seconds you have destroyed 30 years of work building the DA. And shifted the spotlight off the horric ANC. And let millions of supporters down. Why ?
Go live in china if you wanna experience communism. I know poor people see communism as the easy way out but there is no easy way out. The ANC is corrupt. Let the DA show you how Capitalism is. Look at Cape Town. 4/5 now jobs are created there.
The DA is clueless. He just runs down the rest of the country...but forgets they can only "rescue" South Africa if they govern in coalition. And what did they do twice in JHB - lose the mayoral position! And then left their voters in the lurch! Cannot trust the DA. Sorry 😞
DA you didn't have to burn the flag that unites us all. Could have reported or shown the country's negative stats in the advert. Went to far with this one
@@tonythebomb4147those who burnt the old SA flag were sentenced to death and others were imprisoned for a long time, ...so would you suggest the same should apply with the current flag situation ???
At least the DA has an action plan and fixes things. How come every place regardless of race where you find the DA is doing well? Look how Chris Papas has delivered for his voters.
People should being in their feelings “oh how could they burn the flag”, instead of asking why do we still have load shedding, why do we have so much unemployment? That’s where your emotions should be focused on, stop being ignorant
Its an emotive issue understanding and having lived in our so recent evil past. But do hear you, perhaps DA should account for lives lost in Tshwane due to colera, over 28 people in Hammanskraal, rather spend their money fixing that than adverts invoking emotions... upto today, under DA's leadership people still live in stinking places (sewer) and have sewer/grey water, running through their taps at times... this is lived reality that truly makes people emotional I guess, adding to the ones you are raising around loadaheding and unemployment
The SA flag is not an ANC flag. You and John need to go back to school and learn the difference.
@@NMK-i7k Rand Water which supplies drinking water to Gauteng, is one of the biggest water utilities in the world !
Like all other State Owned Entities in SA, it is controlled and mismanaged by the ANC National Government, not the DA in Tshwane!!
It was shameful when our President, who should know better, blamed the DA Administration in Tshwane for this failure of the Nationsl Government in order to deflect blame abd attention away from the ANC with elections around the corner!!
If you want to live in a successful country with infrastructure that really works and where people have jobs and dignity, then vote for the DA and Multi Party Charter in 2024 to rescue our beautiful country!!
Us blacks we like to stand for things that are not necessarily but fighting for what's important we are failing. Imagine crying for a useless cloth for an advert compare to serious crisis we facing in mzansi 😢💔Poor mindset we have.
@@Wammuso777 A wise Irish Statesman, Edmund, once said, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”
I would like to believe that it is not a useless cloth that is being burnt, otherwisr John could have just burnt any cloth...
It starts like this, allowing insults to the many lives that were lost, symbolized by the red in the flag, allowing people to literally spit on the face of those whose fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, etc were killed, not so long ago, by calling this symbol a useless cloth that I find tragic.
I would argue that this symbol represents way more than just what others may think and that it must be respected...
If John wants to burn something to get a message to the ruling party or those he hates, he should perhaps try burn their flags or t-shirts, not insult our families who opted for reconciliation from the pain and suffering inflicted on us by their forebears.
It does get emotional for those who appreciate its meaning, those who lived under the evil system that was defeated, leading to the creation and adoption of this symbol, a symbol representing their commitment to reconciliation, pearce, harmony, freedom and equality for all.
If you have to explain the ad, then you shouldn’t be voting. ANC has more blood on its hands. Hypocritical bunch.
Which blood?
Shell is leaving.
Pharmaceutical companies are leaving.
Wealthy individuals are leaving.
Medical professionals are leaving.
Highest unemployment rate in the countries history.
Lack of sufficient power supply.
Crumbling infrastructure.
Little to no economic growth.
A Relentless pursuit to bring in NHI (which we can't afford and won't benefit anyone).
Countless businesses shutting down.
Should I go further?
Yes… hopefully you’ll say “I’m leaving too”.
359,000 South Africans have returned in the past five years.
@@mmathabomaibelo6276 you speak as if you're happy with all this
Being here is still better off than having to duck Russian nukes.
@@mmathabomaibelo6276at least he can go if he chooses. You will be stuck here amongst the ashes you imbecile.
We still have this kind of people living in our society
This is a jungle not a society.
It's started first with how the ANC has burned the country to the ground a Long time ago.
Apartheid economy > black fascist anc eff
Shem on you let's vote and wait for results you will not say what you are saying.You racist party pretending as if its not racist.
@@IngridSwanepoelthen leave to europe.
*Shell after 120 years are moving out of SAfrica they cannot cope with BEE rules ( thousands of jobs is now lost thanx ANC )*
You late jobs were lost in 2021 ,shell filing stations and BP are changing to astron,sapref closed in the floods long time ago.
Well done ANC
The only place where shell are BEE compliant are petrol stations. You bleeding idiot!!!!! Stop spreading false news you twot!!!
*BEE is the cause SHELL couldn't handle BEE dumb laws the ANC cardre wanted money for their shares SHELL disagreed telling them their shares is useless (Now they moved out of SA and thousands of jobs is now lost*
Don't we have Sasol?
That advert is very true.
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
DA Killed people in Hamanskraal mos
@@innocentshiba3637ANC not DA
@@Amogelang22Nobody with a normal IQ voting for that junta 😹👍
@@Amogelang22 Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
Go DA educate the voters how to think and vote
DA Can go to Europe where they come from.
Corruption way worse than a flag burning 😢😢😢😢😢
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
I wanted to vote for the DA but they disrespected our national flag which has nothing to do with the corruption and incompetence of the ANC
Anyway, it wasn't flag burning. The flag represents a burning country under the ANC which is restored by the DA. It's the ANC clowns that just don't get it because they are holding the burning flag
Need to worry more about the PA?
@@brianclement2329burn the ANC flag then. Or SA map. Anything but our flag
Well he definitely got the attention he wanted! 😂
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
Well, I’m certainly voting for the DA; and I even manage to convince a majority of my family to do the same.
Some of them are stubborn and what to vote for the parties like the EFF, but that is fine. So long as it is the ANC anymore.🎉
@@venge5665people who vote anc and eff are low IQ
@@capetownguy7438 anything but the DA. EFF is the way forward.
I'm on the fence about this one. I doubt that this would be acceptable if a right-wing organization did the same and called it a political statement.
no what he is saying is 100% true
DA is right wing.
@@mor3na DA IS THE BEST THING EVER
Let's go DA, let's go!!
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
I agree, where did John say he is taking you after the election? Is it not to the moon😂
Watch out for the PA.
@@supernova8506 Why I Cannot Vote For Gayton Mckenzie, Citizen Concerned, RUclips.
White men go home will never vote for u.... Check cape town
*DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙*
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
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DA does not promote free higher education and training
@@capetownguy7438DA does not promote free higher education
@@SizweCooks DA is racist
DA and Multi Party Charter to rescue and save South Africa and its citizens.
you are right
There’s really no need to defend the commercial our house is on fire and if you don’t agree go fly a kite
More like go back to Europe if you don't like South Africa which is a black nation in a black continent.
...but you are siting in the same house chewing bread with your children.. Go to Ukraine where you'll understand what it is to live in a house that's burning..
Scientists in South Africa have defined how to create farmers artificially because of the incredible rate that farmers are being murdered at in this country.
There's no house burning here, ... others have more and others have nothing...this is not sustainable...let us deal with that ..
This "swartman" agrees with you...
The *talk* of a n c HAS TO END !!! *They have NOT brought service delivery* ????
yes they haven't brought anything the ANC
The advert claims the EFF is violent. I challenge the DA to show EVIDENCE of this claim!
Wow, you are another one who believes that the Moon is made of cheese!!!
@@John5209is that your evidence?
EFF: “Kill the boer” here’s your evidence low IQ fascist communist 👍
Voting for the DA it is a big mistake. History will repeat themselves. I hope so Africa do not vote. No white men up there they will bring back slavery.
Let me explain this DA’s advert is true but using South African flag to say we are burning is totally wrong and against the constitution of South Africa . The flag does not represent South Africa but the rainbow nation and unity of the people of South Africa. DA could have used the map structure of South Africa instead of the flag.
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That advert is not true is too provoking and is causing more permanent damage.Guys Apartheid was painful,racism is still high in SA.
Rescue south Africa
According to STATS SA, the Western Cape is by far the best governed Province in the whole of SA, thanks solely to the DA!!
So that excuses treason
@@mybru1 What excuses the rampant and industrial scale corruption of the ANC which has destroyed our country's economy and infrastructure??
Blacks and coloureds don't agree with you .
@@mybru1
You dont know what treason is...the ANC already sold SA out to their masters...thats the highest treason. But narcissists always blame others for what they are guilty of. Read between the lines and dont take sides.
Black and Coloured townships are doomsday where DA governs in the Western Cape.
😂😂😂😂 I was angry but had to laugh. I won't be surprised if he came up with this idea. School is important dude. What you did was so wrong and you should be punished for it...😂
This is the man who wants to be president of SA after 29 May😂😂🤣 those that know him call him John Vuligate🙄
You know, this actually crossed my mind. Education matters. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I disagree he is brilliant, this country is in distress
@@capetownguy7438matric😂😂😂
he is a foolish man who is fluent in English,and some people mistake it as intelligence....did he not realise that burning the nation's flag is a disgrace act of betrayal...he conflates the ANC flag with our country's flag that we love
DA once called the Indians heros for killing the black people in Phoenix and the DA is burning our flag,to the black people's what does this mean,there was something written on the inside of the door by one of the toilet doors in one of the garages on the N3 and it's said the black wolf came to the white wolf's house and drove it out of its house and the white wolf has'nt forgotten what the black wolf did to it and the burning of our flag is the message that is send to us black people
I think that the DA is pointing out that the dreams we cherished with our new flag have been trashed by the conduct of the ANC to the majority of our population. Our rainbow nation is beset with racism and corruption, murder and lack of maintenance under ANC leadership with very little if any accountability.
A total failure of honest effective government!
He wouldn't dare make an ad burning the apartheid fleg
It was burnt along time ago
Oh fck off, you are desperate comrade.
@@Amogelang22 house slave when you going to stop fighting master's battles?
To much respect for the old flag!
But we are past apartheid mos... I am also willing to bet money that YOU NEVER EXPERIENCED APARTHEID. post 94 baby...
This is the reason why we should never vote for DA.
DA DA DA DA nice love the DA viva for DA 🎉
Well said! GO DA.
Well said John!
Do you know that four out of every five new jobs in SA over the past five years were created in the Western Cape??
Vote DA in 2024 for a prosperous and successful country with jobs and dignity for the people and infrastructure, public schools and especially public hospitals that really work!!
You're argument is misplaced.
Are you ok?
Rubbish!!
Do you still call that jobs...It's pure slavery
@@KeabetsweKekana-c6uSlavery is when you are forced to work. Who in the Cape is forced to work? Jobs are created by the private sector, not by government.
Where is the full unedited footage? Please post it
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
Imagine voting for descendants of colonizers😂😅😂
@@thabangaugustinehlaleleimagine vote for criminal records shame🤮🤣
@@Amogelang22 trying very hard house slave🤣😂🤣😂
Vote DA to #rescueSA 🇿🇦🙏💙
No white men in black men's country
Go to America they need saviours
What is worse between burning South African flag and giving away South Africa.
They are both idiotic, criminal acts..
Yes...flags and all😂😂
John you guys are losing the plot. Concentrate on the elections and forget things like burning the flag. People do not appreciate this.
Dear Democratic Alliance, in your desperate attempt to capture more votes, you completely lost the plot! These are the reasons why the burning flag advert was unwise, taking into account South Africa's history:
1. Enhances division: Burning the flag could deepen existing divisions, fostering more conflict.
2. Resurfaces trauma: Many South Africans, particularly Apartheid-era activists, may relive painful memories.
3. Shows disrespect: The act may disrespect the country's symbol and the principles it represents, as well as those who fought for freedom.
4. Risks alienating supporters: It may offend potential supporters concerned about corruption but opposed to flag burning.
5. Lacks constructive discourse: The advert could provoke rather than promote constructive dialogue.
6. Historical sensitivity: South Africa's complex past demands respectful political expression to avoid further discord.
There are more effective and respectful ways to express dissent and advocate for change... and this advert was certainly NOT one of them.
I recommend retracting the offensive advertisement and issuing a public apology.
Arrogant racists would never apologize. They just don't know how to. If anything, they do everything to justify and defend this.
You've captured everything so well. Too bad most of them can't read. Those that do don't really care much
They don't have that in them, Ubuntu, they are cold most of them and lack conscience
WELL SAID
I don't trust the da, we need something fresh.
The DA IS the freshness that we need. Look at the difference in Western Cape Governance and the other 8 provinces under ANC rule. The Western Cape is not perfect but they are far better off than us in ANC provinces. They even have less loadshedding than us all.
Try MK, they are new!
The DA supports Ukraine neo-Nazis and the genocide in Palestine.. Also, they are basically anti-BRICS just like Milei of Argentina.. They are Yankee stooges..
I'm voting Rise Mzansi. Let's give them a try!
@@ja9.b73 I think the best thing to do is compare Manifestos and track-records. Rise Mzansi is a new, young party and I think it would be unwise for us to cast our votes to such a young and inexperienced party. However, if that is your choice, I respect it my friend. Remember, vote wisely
The arrogance from these people will be their downfall on the 29th he will look back on this day and wish he never presented this nonsense advert to the country.
Will never ever vote for the DA OPPRESSERS in western cape.im voting NCC ❌
I'm voting PA
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
@@capetownguy7438 I'm voting NCC and my friends family thank you
DA can voetsak, together with their Zionist, Israeli donors
EFF ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Yea lets try communism again. Im tired of working.
DA continually fails to read the room.
their western imposed agenda and racist attitute will not allow them to...the fact that they desecrated our symbol of freedom and democracy means they dont really care about the racial equality that 1994 brought...regardless of the ANC corruption and incompetence..
The DA is the only one that can run a proper municipality
only when its full of DA haters. The working part of the country supports this. We have one stage lower loadsheding and 4/5 new jobs. They are reading us very well. A while ago the DA called me to ask me if they can help me to register to vote for them. I said not unless you fix the potholes in the street. It took a month but it was done. DA continually proves how much better SA can be.
own goal by DA
Viva da.
What about all the ANC own goals of cadre deployment, looting and corruption on an industrial scale, load shedding, water shedding, BEE causing job losses eg Shell, unemployment, potholed roads etc etc???
Comrade not everyone thinks like you.
@@tonitappous2422everyone knows about ANCs own goal record...looks like the DA wants to surpass the ANC record... congratulations...
@@senzomemela1311 AT LEAST THE WESTERN CAPE WORKS HOW ABOUT THE OTHER 8?
Steenhuisen and his party is behaving like children it is unacceptable
Children are the one's running the country.
30 years in power and destroyed the country and still blame apartheid for their failures.
A child would do a better job.
This is why Education is very important. Fact that noone flagged this shows just how dumb everyone in the DA is. Its not just their leader.
Zero respect for flag. I bet they wouldnt even burn the old one coz thats what they hang in their houses.
The major problem the DA made was to make an educated advert. They forgot that the education system has bean crap due to ANC that people don't even understand metaphors. It seems like they overestimated the mental capabilities of an average voter that the ANC education has produced. In reality, there is no problem in burning the flag in this advert, they were portraying how South Africa is deteriorating/burning to ashes and spoke about the cause of it (ANC) and how its coalition with other parties like EFF will worsen things. Then at the end, showed the flag restoring to its original form and that the DA is the way for that to happen.
If they needed to burn something to show the message of SA deteriorating, it was either the flag burns or SA map burn. And either way they would have gotten backlashed, the only problem is that DA DID THE ADD. Because they are a mixed party with whites having positions, people make the advert seem like something big and bad.
The problem is not the SA flag burning in an advert, but the problem is people just hating that the "SA flag burning advert" was done by a "white party" (the DA). Its Just people hating DA for something other parties could do.
This is what a person who has betrayed their own conscience sounds like.
So so so true that’s why many are in their feelings feeling offended
100% brother. ANC/EFF/MK voters don't get it
House slave alert
Your post is supported by whites there lies your problem 😊
I am a DA supportor but can not agree with the burning of our national flag. You could have used a map of SA but not the flag. Now my family and I don't know who to vote for.
ANC is done!!! When DA wins this 2024 elections i will jump for joy!
You previous racist posting shows your true colours nickster.
I'm personally not supporting DA but the fact is "DA is the only party to rescue this country" as a taxpayers we're tired of this constant theft by the ruling party
True..their only mandate is not to give your opposition rallying material. The ANC will milk this!
need to sober up. DA's chances are close to zero. Doomsday here we come
I agree 💯
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
We don't need Dutch saviours calling our leaders doomsday and themselves the moonshot.
Im disappointed in the DA many were saying its a racist party renting a black face i didn't believe that 😔 but now with this act shows who they are ,DA lost my vote on 29 may
DA only has people with brains to vote for them.
how is the advert racist? there are millions of south africans suffering immensely bcs of this government and its time we are honest about that
@@lm_b5080 only racists think it's racist
Stop lying cadre ,Poverty Lover😂
Thank you,, DA out
I think it's a misguided bit of advertising. Most of the negative reaction was triggered by the first visual with no real attempt to explain it. Unfortunately the level of cultural interpretation of the image and visceral reaction is fairly predictable. Perhaps another symbol of democracy could have served better. More emphasis on basic ideals of nationhood needed to be explained.
This is now too personal and I will be too personal come 29 May. I am sure those who were still confused on which party to vote for after what is currently happening between different parties then i really dont know.
You cannot burn the country's flag that flag represents us that flag people died for that flag and you just burned.... That says a lot about you
Goodbye DA fighting a loosing battle
DA is the only party that gets things done.viva DA viva WC DA is here to stay
@@ms-vu7dvminority party 8%😂😂😂
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
@@phumlamazibuko3003 Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
It's doomsday in Hammanskraal today, it has been for years, under DA leadership...
People died of cholera, over 28, under your watch,m as DA, I guess it doesn't matter to you because none of them are your colour...
Rescue Hammanskraal first, perhaps we will believe your promise thereafter...
AND JOHN, RESPECT OUR FLAG...
As a leader we expect betyer from you, we expect you to understand what it took for SA to get to thus FLAG, ti understand what the RED color means on this flag...
Many died under white rule not so long ago to bring about this Flag... many to this date still unaccounted for...
Black people did not do adverts burning the murderous appartheid flag... because even though we despise what your parents and grand parents did, the crimes they committed, we never went out to diarespect the flag that represented the murderous regime.
We understood that amongst you there are many who held and still hold the flag close ro their hearts, wrongly or rightly...
You are invoking our painful past JOHN and you know it...
Be a leader, not for a few, but for all, that us if you mean what you are saying about "rescue South Africa"
Appreciate our diversity, our painful past.
We are ready JOHN for the economic suffocation that your kind have already threatened... Rupet threatened Zuma with that when he moved their boy Pravin...
We know that they are capable of it, they aware well aware of the possible devastation to humanity, but they don't care because it will nit be their kind who will suffer...
It is evil, just like apartheid was... its evil... RESPECT OUR FLAG JOHN
Blame ANC for the cholera in Hammanskraal they gave Edwin Sodi a tender to fix the rooiwal water treatment plant instead he stole the tender
DA will still let the rich become more richer and the poor more poorer, the DA talks about other parties BUT they won't talk about their corruption in the Western Cape and the inequality of their services where a certain group gets free water and another group's water gets cut and these are elderly people who lives from a pension day to day. Mothers are struggling with their babies who can't even make a milk bottle for her baby each day. They the DA might loose the Western Cape if they go on like that.
unemployment is the lowest in the WC and 4 of 5 new jobs created are in the WC. they've allocated over 70% of Cape Town's budget to the poor. they support the poor more than any others
@@lm_b5080 Only for a certain group of people are getting employed. Just do some research and see where that 70% goes, It is wasted money. If you know what certain people of the WC know you will agree BUT you don't know. In Atlantis they built a sports complex which is a white elephant currently where money could've been invested in education or health department respectively (and this is just one thing in this area).
*The whole South africa is destroyed by ANC yet you want to blame DA for nonsense REALLY*
With our resources
This nonsense started in 1652
Emfuleni doomsday municipality
After 30yrs the DA has not increased its black electorate, there are no black people in senior positions in the DA, all black people who have held those positions have resigned. Why? Think the DA must address this problem or forget about ever being a majority party in the RSA. Plus conditions in black areas of the Western Cape are the same as the rest of country.
Wow, you really are Racist!!!
Well, you ought to look past this and accept that apartheid had it right is basically what they want you to end up accepting...they know what it looks like, they aren't willing to fix it, you must come to accept it.
Any senior white in ANC party
Name white people on the ANC?
@@Amogelang22why should people vote for a party that uses ANC as a standard...????
DA IS FINISHED😂
O please get a grip
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
Only party than can save South Africa = DA.
Keep fooling yourself
Cope!😂
Political advert my foot... respect our flag...
Just what is patriotic about burning the national flag? We are not stupid..as much as we are disappointed with the ruling party.
Oh, you just don't get it. How did the flag look at the end of the advert? Restored, like the country will be under the DA. It's that ANC that has burned the flag.
You obviously don’t understand the add!
@@brianclement2329 i respect your perspective, totally disagree with anyone playing with our flag, does not matter what they mean...
The RED on this flag represents the blood spilled under the Old Flag, the murderous apartheid FLAG which nk one ever "played with" regardless of what it represented... if John understood what this flag means for all, sensitive to the recent past that lead to this flag, not just a few or the minority, he would not allow such as a leader in SA, appreciating our complex past...
I hear your view, totally disagree and peoe must not hide behind politics, must just respect this FLAG...
@@brianclement2329 if they mean "ANC" as you suggest, there is an ANC flag, let them burn the ANC flag all we care, NOT our flag...
Arrogance ! The South African flag is not the ANC flag. It was intended by Madiba for reconciliation. I am a Ward 90 DA supporter and will be voting for the local Ward Councillor. I will not be voting DA nationally.
Terrible move John
I can’t stand steenhizen
You can't even spell his name.
So Vote ANC.
Another idiot can't even spell.
John Steenhuizen , next time jy moet 'n boere vlag brand on your advert , coz the flag you burnt belongs to the country , your reasoning is dumb
This one must just go and live in EU somewhere.
No, YOU are dumb, stupid and everything in between. You cannot annalyse rationally.
💙
da is flagged as racist
Flag representing the voters. When burning the flag. Then. You have burned the votes
The flag represented the hopes and ideals of a new SA moving forward together and crating a non racial prosperous country. This perpetual harping on racialism is holding us back as a people and inhibits growth.
This man cabt protect the country if he has courage to burn a national flag publicly. He say whatever he wants, but burning a national symbol for whatever, is in bad taste and terrible judgement
If I have low self-esteem I will vote for the DA, until then, I will stick with my EFF. Imagine the possibilities if you can borrow land and finance from the state to start your business, that is limitless.📸
The EFF will destroy SA. Where is the EFF going to get money to finance the land? Money comes from the private sector via taxes. The EFF doesn't create anything, none have run a business, they create no income. What happens when people take their money and move to another country. Then South Africa loses all their tax income. How are they going to get the land? Oh yes, they are going to steal it. When a country loses property rights they are finished. You will have nothing
Voting for the EFF shows how idiotic you are
You dont have a low self esteem you have no esteem.
Socialism
Burning the flag..that shows you what will happen if D.A comes to power
Well the ANC CAME TO POWER AND THE OLD FLAG WAS ALSO BURNED AND STAMPED ON.
*You people also do realize ZUMA ripped up the SA constitution while he was president ( Nothing was done about that was it now)*
This constitution is supposed to uphold the people of this country, not the other way around...
Baby of national party👎
You would rather have the same fat cat in power for 30 years and fool yourself into believing you have democracy than vote for a white guy. Because you are racist.
Censorship is unacceptable....I personally don't care about DA nor the ANC or the MK
SA cannot afford the oppression rule of the DA, Western Cape is a typical example. #Rescue_WC_From_DA 😔
Oppression rule? Please explain, which oppression? How?
True.. The DA is the new New National Party, meaning the Nothing New Party..
@@abrahampresence8297 the people are suffering, high levels of inequality and discrimination.
Explain?
Look at the whole South africa the ANC destroyed it
You look very worried about the banks and the land😂 we want all of it back🥺
It was never yours...Coming from CONGO and asking for land here..Hahaha
@@sasha8664when did you know that before the landing or when the stealing of land in 1910.
@@sasha8664ofcourse it was for someone coming from a completely different continent😂
@@shafiyaalgiquadra1105 So what Congo Native.You decimated the Khoisan whilst not building anything.South Africa is for all those who live in it...not kweres like yourself of course.Tick Tock
When did you ever have a bank? Oh, VBS which was looted and the depositors lost all of their money to the fatcats. Yup, you can have VBS back
Metaphor:
noun: metaphor; plural noun: metaphors
• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
• a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
Doomsday will be the day we vote for DA John, you openly burn our national flag without a conscious🚩🚩🚩
Your JuliASS wants to open borders to destroy South African sovereignty. So who hates South Africa more?
Vote DA to SAVE SA from this cANCer
@@capetownguy7438minority party 8%😂😂😂
@@capetownguy7438iqembu elingu8%
@@phumlamazibuko3003 didnt know you where a fortune teller, please send me the winning lottery numbers for next week.🤣 cANCer so strong it will need the eff and mk to maybe win this election, says alot about them now doesnt it.
what has DA done in khayelitsha.
More than you can do
A lot...the Easterb cape overflow has to be catered
more than you know, no DA then Khayelitsha would be a second soweto
They've done nothing, PA will do more
@@AndrewMcFarlane_1matric😂😂
C’ moon Steenhuisen, the Nation is in tears. Apologise.
For what? The truth. Wake up bro ffs
Amen!!
Stupid strategy, fishing for viewership at the expense of votes...negative publicity right there.
Don't burn our flag
ITS ALREADY BURNING - DA is the fire truck to stop the fire!!
I think you’re confused on where you should have your priorities, my bother.
This was all to get attention, they are this desperate to be seen 😂😂to even burn the flag of country they have to be saved how low can you go.things are tough everywhere, Zuma really stole the show for everyone, now DA can get some airtime 😂.
You are going to loose on 29 May. What does the flag got to do with this rubish response!
You just exposed your ignorance.
Ofcoz he will defend it... controversy lives in the DA,, the add does not capture imagination it doesn't draw me in at all!!
This statement is for educational purposes and nothing more. I don’t condone any form violence to any persons, Mara guys imagine we were still living in the Ancient World and during the Medieval Period.
Punishments for treason we really serve in those days dating all the way back to the earliest civilizations.
In the Ancient World (3000 BC), In places like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China, betraying your ruler could get you permanently removed from society. These punishments were often quite brutal and during The Medieval Period (476 AD), With the rise of feudalism in Europe, the idea of betraying your lord or king became a big deal. Punishments in Europe were particularly shocking, with methods like public hanging and dismemberment. How could they? How could people live like that? I would not want to imagine anyone go through such. Regardless if someone burns their countries flag after 300 years of both colonialism and apartheid Especially 30 years into freedom in order to campaign for elections.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Steenhuisen should resign. It is never accepable to burn your own country's flag !! and I consider myself DA supporter.
Never? Was it ok to burn the old flag? or how about Germany in 1942? Go away. we real DA voters dont need you. Go live in the ANC towns
May those with money test this in a court of law please
The entire anc government must be tested in a court fo law for crimes against humanity...stealing from the poor is and starving children is inhumane and despicable
Treasonous these people I don't know how many times they must prove it
Is it treason to sell a country? "State capture"
Racist move. Vuka mzansi
that word has lost its meaning.
In 30 seconds you have destroyed 30 years of work building the DA. And shifted the spotlight off the horric ANC. And let millions of supporters down. Why ?
DA 1994
My vote is very clear EFF✖ EFF✖ EFF✖
Go live in china if you wanna experience communism. I know poor people see communism as the easy way out but there is no easy way out. The ANC is corrupt. Let the DA show you how Capitalism is. Look at Cape Town. 4/5 now jobs are created there.
Excellent said , the other PARTY ARE THE PETTY
The DA is clueless. He just runs down the rest of the country...but forgets they can only "rescue" South Africa if they govern in coalition. And what did they do twice in JHB - lose the mayoral position! And then left their voters in the lurch! Cannot trust the DA. Sorry 😞
DA esele hoo
This grade 12....called john....speaking dadadadadadada.......
You do know with grade 12, especially the quality of education back then, he is probably in the top 10% qualified people in the country
I like John. Go John go .
The nerve of clowns
DA you didn't have to burn the flag that unites us all. Could have reported or shown the country's negative stats in the advert. Went to far with this one
It was below the belt. Going to backfire big time
@@Awaatif-k9t Changing my vote based on the advert alone they appear too desperate.
How can we vote for DA if we working in USA we live in south africa but we come to work this site
Go to the south African embassy
Where do i find it on internet
@@JodeanGroenewald Google south African embassy in the usa
The old South African flag used to be burned long time ago.
Yes. So??
@@MotlokwaThwii was discussing when they used to burn the flag and stamp the flag.
No difference.
@@tonythebomb4147 That was the Apartheid flag. That flag didn't represent Africans
@@MotlokwaThwii That's according to you, but no flag should be burned or stamped on..
It was the South African flag.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
@@tonythebomb4147those who burnt the old SA flag were sentenced to death and others were imprisoned for a long time, ...so would you suggest the same should apply with the current flag situation ???
DA out
At least the DA has an action plan and fixes things. How come every place regardless of race where you find the DA is doing well? Look how Chris Papas has delivered for his voters.
Da doing well look western cape