Having recently been exposed to the inner workings of MTN, the "YELLO Monster", I must say that "they", that is all managers, marketing and decision makers, are all a bunch of conservative, uneducated, narrowminded BIGGOTS. They don't know how to take risks or view "comparative ads" as a compliment, and just let it be. After all, when someone copies you, isn't this the biggest compliment ? But you would need a certain amount of inteligence to view the bigger picture rather than a tunnel point off view! Now ask yourself, why are all the "NEW" ads so mediocre?

IF "YELLOW HUMMER" MAKES YOU THINK THAT YOUR MARKET WILL BE SWAYED FROM SUPPORTING YOU,THINK AGAIN,THIS MIGHT AS WELL REINFORCE YOUR YELLOW SLOGAN.

"SO DONT BE CHICKEN,GET SOME YELLOW SPICING FROM NANDOS"

OOPPSSS!!! I HOPE YOU WONT TAKE ME TO COURT FOR MY NAME "YELLOW-MAN"

who did the ad and do they have a competing brand in their stable.
if yes then MTN made the right move, if not Hade.

Hi;
If Nandos are creative ,let them come with their unique adverts and stop being copy cats.

Because it could not drive its hummer!

MTN ads just generally suck, Nandos was doing them a favor

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who thinks so. Sadly they look spectacular next to the awful Vodacom rabies meetkat adverts.

LOL! So i'm not the only one who thinks the Vodacom meerkat needs to be shipped off to the Vodacom Advertising archive..? Who came up with that crap anyway?? As a Vodacom subscriber, it makes me flinch and sometimes consider my options...

Come on MTN - Catch a wake up!!!

Nandos use to come up with some crazy fun stuff, what happened, I ask. KFC and all other crappy chicks out there are no longer scared of Nandos. Now they go and steal other kids' intellectual property....that's so wrong, get a life Nandos before you become, amaNandos......

MTN rip off Budweiser's "Wassup" TV Ad and other BTL concepts and get away with it!! Shame on them! They need to change their agency.

hate the yellow

I don't think that MTN truly sees the value of this kind of dual advertising. If anything this puts a positive spin on their brand. Livens it up a bit. Besides that - everyone eating Nando's is thinking of MTN while doing it. Really silly to have the campaign pulled.

MTN need to spice up their attitude...
I agree with the comment by apn - MTN would have benefited hugely from the ad because it makes the reader think "MTN". And just because the ad is a humorous jab at MTN doesn't make it unoriginal either. In fact, I think it's genius! MTN are a "peri serious" bunch, aren't they?

Aw man, I wasn't aware they'd banned the ads. I laughed my head off when I saw them the first time - I was hoping to get the t-shirt too.

What about the fact that MTN have copied Cell C? Didn't Cell C just run a Hummer campaign? I have no further comment.

they are copy cats

Bottom line is MTN is a cellphone service provider...Nando's sells chicken...Where is the threat there? And another thing, since when do MTN own the colour Yellow? Just a thought.

YELLO CHICKENS! MTN truly sucks big time! There is another route you could have taken, and you know it. A route that would not only have exposed NANDO'S , but would have also brought you big profits. SIES!!