JOHANNESBURG - The DA crossed the line with the burning of the country's flag in its election campaign. That's the view of Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa.

A screengrab of the DA's election advert depicting a burning SA flag. Picture: @Our_DA/X JOHANNESBURG - Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa has condemned the Democratic Alliance (DA)'s ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the Democratic Alliance's (DA) election advertisement, which depicts the burning of the national flag, labelling it as treasonous. Picture: screen grab from ad ...

The DA’s election advert showed the burning of the flag as “a symbolic representation of the future that awaits South Africa if people do not vote for the DA”, opposition party leader John ...

Picture: Nigel Sibanda. Whatever we think of the DA’s flag-burning advertisement in the run-up to the 29 May elections, it set tongues wagging. That may be a good thing.

Steve, I have this mental picture, I just can’t shake. It involves a whole bunch of people in DA t-shirts, in a support group setting, ... The DA restored the flag.

The DA says it has no regrets over the symbolic burning of the national flag in a television advert, saying the advert conveyed the harsh truths about the state of the country.