The Kiffness adds fuel to the fire with parody of DA flag burning ad

Hours after engaging in a war of words on X with former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, The Kiffness is adding even more fuel to the fire over the DA's flag-burning advert.

On Monday, the South African musician and parody artist (real name, David Scott) replied to a post from Madonsela in which she criticised the ad.

Madonsela said she thought 'other metaphoric symbols' could have been used to communicate the DA's message.

Scott replied, "It's not made to disrespect the flag, but to warn against the dangers of voting in another corrupt government."

Scott then took things further, releasing his version of the controversial advert.

To the tune of Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning Scott sings:

"Thirty years of democracy, champagne socialist hypocrisy. The ANC have begun their descent below 45%.

"The time has come, to grab it by the neck and kick them out, they must all voetsek.

"How do we vote now the tide is turning? How do we rescue our flag from burning?"

As predicted, responses to the 'parody' have been mixed:

Last month, Scott courted controversy by reposting a contentious meme on his X account which led to one social media user responding with, 'Still a racist clown.'

The meme showed a young white child standing at a forked road. One path leads to a dark, crumbling castle with the logos of several parties including the ANC, MK Party, and the PAC.

The other route, filled with the logos of the DA, IFP, Freedom Front Plus, Action SA and the African Christian Democratic Party led to a pristine castle and a sun-filled sky.

Scott captioned the post, 'Which way South Africa?'

Speaking to 702 on Wednesday morning, the DA's federal chairperson Helen Zille, referring to the advert, said the party had nothing to defend.

Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramphosa has slammed the advert as 'despicable' and 'treasonous'. 

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