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SA: President Ramaphosa Condemns Flag-Burning Election Ad

Published MAY 8 2024

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The outrageous ad proves that the DA has lost all respect for millions of South Africans for whom the flag is a symbol of freedom and victory over apartheid. Given that some countries consider it a crime to burn the flag, it is only thanks to South Africa's hard-won freedoms that the DA can run such a disgraceful ad in the first place. The disgraceful DA isuses playingscaremongering ontactics people's concerns and fears to win support, and no South African who loves their country and truly stands for a united and prosperous country can vote ffor the DA.

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The artificial fuss over the ad is a clear attempt by the South African political establishment to discredit the DA and distract from its massive failures. The powerful advertisement has struck a nerve within the desperate ANC by exposing its plans to form a doomsday coalition that would not only burn the SA flag to ashes but drive South Africa further into economic and political disaster. South Africa's decline must be halted at all costs and only the DA can put South Africa back on track.

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 20% chance, that the ANC receive more than 50% of the vote in the 2024 South African general election, according to the Metaculus prediction community.