The battle over using Nelson Mandela campaign ads with his likeness is heating up

Nelson Mandela’s grandson has hit out at South Africa’s main opposition party for “hijacking” the former president’s legacy by using his voice in a campaign advertisement. The Democratic Alliance (DA), led by Mmusi Maimane, released the video via YouTube on Sunday. It comes ahead of local government elections in August, where the DA is challenging the…

Our political parties have been doing everything they can to woo us into voting for them in the upcoming local elections. In one of their latest ads, the DA have even roped in Nelson Mandela to convince voters to vote DA – questionable from the get-go. But that isn’t all that’s amiss. We look at the…