Nandos Robert Mugabe Advert: Brilliant or Stupid?

So there was a lot of hoorah over the recently aired advert by Nandos in South Africa (not to be confused with Zimbabwe’s Nandos, owned by Innscor). The advert, ‘The Last Dictator Standing’, features a Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe look-alike, frolicking with the likes of Muammar Gadaffi, Idi Amin, Saddam Hussien and more… as he remembers the good old days. With the demise of all ‘his friends’, the Zimbabwean president is left to dine alone for Christmas. Not what Nandos wants for you this Christmas.

The advert, as would be expected