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Nando's takes poultry view of Parly outburst...

Nando's is crying “fowl” over DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard's outburst in Parliament earlier this week in which she allegedly said something rather naughty. The chain reckons that Nando's branches are the only place where it's acceptable to use ‘fowl' language, for example, referring to someone as a ‘clucking idiot' - though Barnard did not actually say that. So with the buy-in of Nando's marketing manager Sylvester Chauke (who's no choker), the creative team at Blackriver FC - Jessica Crozier (copy writer), Sifiso Tshabalala (art director) and Meggy Brink (account manager) - led by ECD Ahmed Tilly, decided to create a Nando's viral (not a version of bird flu, mind) to ensure this sort of thing does not happen again.

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