South African Comedian Trevor Noah Controversial Tourism Ad Officially Launched

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5 ай бұрын

Wongel Zelalem reports on the tourism business council's tourism campaign for South Africa starring comedian Trevor Noah getting officially released.

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@angelathomas3339 5 ай бұрын

California checking in and I LOVED the ad. What better spokesperson could you have, given the fact that he's from South Africa.

@luthandi 5 ай бұрын

It’s not controversial….not at all. It’s not even a government funds. This was funded by business body representing stakeholders in the tourism industry.

@Seeta_sa_gauta 5 ай бұрын

Here for this comment. Facts . But majority of people are crazy these days . So the sane ones lose

@sjm158 5 ай бұрын

Please educate yourself about South Africa it seems to me you have both Africans and African Americans living in the dark mentality not even knowing the history of this place much less their own flight in the US

@japhya0378 5 ай бұрын

I will never understand why some people are always trying to count what's in someone else's pocket.

@jonbanks653 5 ай бұрын

Very well put!!!!!

@mysteryof7 5 ай бұрын

That advertisement was worth every penny. Trevor did SA justice.

@ksl-diy7243 4 ай бұрын

Oregon USA checking in here: Normally, I find most online ads annoying but this ad was so entertaining I didn’t click through as I do with most ads. Not only was it fun, I learned a lot about South Africa! I watched it several times and shared with friends. They all agree with me that South Africa would be a great vacation destination. Before we saw this ad, South Africa wasn’t on anybody’s vacation radar. Based on this ad, I’ll bet South Africa will see a significant increase in American tourism. Trevor Noah is brilliant, very cool, beloved throughout the world and has a Midas touch with everything he does. Best marketing investment ever!

@dr.mclaren9059 5 ай бұрын

I love it. I actually felt like I was a part of this commercial. So immersive. Keep it up SA

@vat81 5 ай бұрын

Trevor is known all over the world. He's fantastic ambassador. Thats his fee. Pay him.

@offdatgogo 5 ай бұрын

If Shop A charges $5K to replace your engine but my shop charges $5.1K someone will be crying about it. Congrats bro. You've worked hard to command such earnings. Well done.

@Prism202 5 ай бұрын

It's a good ad, and it is necessary if tourism is a part of the economy.

@SP.4 5 ай бұрын

Shy from Philly 🌺 Hello Wongel and the diaspora family❣️I appreciate the latest news❣️I liked the camercial, it was amusing.

@raggydoll0189 5 ай бұрын

That was a brilliant ad

@R1M1r1m1 5 ай бұрын

As long as the government funds weren't used then it's all good!

@montanaprime 5 ай бұрын

I am interested to know what the controversy is with the Ad, I couldn’t spot it

@vienicestyles 5 ай бұрын

My only question is…Would they have paid a WM the same amount for this commercial without complaint??? 🤔 🤔

@lebo5281 5 ай бұрын

@vienicestyles Race has nothing to do with it.

@nailahdawkins 5 ай бұрын

@@lebo5281 It's _South Africa._ Of course it's about race!

@lebo5281 5 ай бұрын

@nailahdawkins This South African is telling you that race has nothing to do with it.

@maiwalee 5 ай бұрын

Most definitely pay the guy handsomely. That's a great ambassador right there

@lachelburton6571 5 ай бұрын

Excellent! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 I really enjoyed the commercial! Compliment from Las Vegas, Nevada.

@Traviii97 5 ай бұрын

I think the ad did what it's supposed to cause now I'm definitely visiting South Africa.

@Anon_User888 5 ай бұрын

Brillant! Now I want to visit South Africa.

@josephsingleton8738 5 ай бұрын

Very entertaining. Trevor Noah is a superb comedian.....

@rocroca7459 5 ай бұрын

Trevor Noah is sly, untrustworthy, a puppet and chameleon. Trust this bootlick at your own risk.

@Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis 5 ай бұрын

Pls

@josephsingleton8738 5 ай бұрын

@@Aintnobodycomingtoseeuotis what does Pls mean??? I don't want to make a mistake in my reply....

@wendelleddiebrewerlll 5 ай бұрын

….. explains his success in America

@joyjohnson4991 5 ай бұрын

Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏I’m coming to visit ❤️❤️❤️

@thuloborotho7501 5 ай бұрын

Africa loves Trevor and he's one fortunate dude because he's loved by the whole world....he's the best candidate for Africa to present its image to the world🎉

@mariejane1567 5 ай бұрын

a mixed man?

@thuloborotho7501 5 ай бұрын

@@mariejane1567 a very proud one

@hensonholyfield565 5 ай бұрын

@@mariejane1567so what bro he always stick with brothers and sisters and very well educated he need to be President 💪🏿

@sihlebebeza2323 4 ай бұрын

@@mariejane1567 Isn't Africa mixed, the most genetically diverse continent in the world?

@SabinaNwanamogale-qk1lx 5 ай бұрын

Even if it was a Billion dollars i wouldn't mind many people from out side of our country always misquote SA and now that Trevor they will know why South Africans are really unlikely to tour to other countries because we have everything. We learn from the world and take the fun and skills back to our loving, peaceful and diverse country 😁 Trevor is the Goat ❤

@ladylotus3046 4 ай бұрын

So where did you guys learn Xenophobia from????

@alicegauteng2358 5 ай бұрын

If its not coming from the public funds I dont know what the problem is. As a South African I approve of this ad. ❤🇿🇦❤️

@tiarobinson8232 5 ай бұрын

I love this commercial

@charthur9656 5 ай бұрын

He's built a solid career, that people around the world love and respect. He definitely deserves every dollar. And will improve tourism to South Africa.

@dwayneglover914 5 ай бұрын

As a Foundational Black American Dude nailed it🎉🎉 & yes he should have been payed that hopefully he will get oter commercials he seems like a great ad man 🎉🎉🎉 nuff said g

@camplo777 5 ай бұрын

He says he loves black women but never date them

@jalisabradford6201 5 ай бұрын

He don't have to date them but still can love them though.

@camplo777 5 ай бұрын

@@jalisabradford6201 i see. Tell the Black community that

@ayyo84 5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ktlindelani2173 5 ай бұрын

you see dude us a product of " you have the right to love whom ever you choose" lol you know born a crime, and to be honest south Africa don't care who will be our Makoti along as he happy lol

@yellowfeline6491 5 ай бұрын

Treasonous dna

@AZZIB8 5 ай бұрын

I want to see South Africa but not the animals. I want to meet the people and start up a business. I also want to Stop and say HI to Julius Malema.

@ElectrostatiCrow 5 ай бұрын

Julius is an idiot. Don't let social media fool you my friend bht most of us hate him over here.

@rorirory121 5 ай бұрын

You want to say hi to Malema?

@tumweonlycommentary2797 5 ай бұрын

@@rorirory121😂😂yoh

@johnjahfire3729 5 ай бұрын

Julius is the real deal...

@johnjahfire3729 5 ай бұрын

@@rorirory121Malema is the real deal..

@carlam2776 5 ай бұрын

Ad was really good. Did its job. Now I want to visit 😊

@kimhart5037 5 ай бұрын

I luv it!!!❤

@aeoligarlic4024 5 ай бұрын

Trevor doing a great job in this ad 🎉

@pumlakambule8297 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Trevor Noah killed it. Great Ad. It is worthy of the fee they paid him. Hope to see more people visiting our Beautiful Space❤❤❤😊

@b.o.m.militia 5 ай бұрын

I really want to go now

@CedricChalmers 5 ай бұрын

Great Ad He Killed It

@kimberleighh.latham542 5 ай бұрын

I would give him 2 million dollars to make an ad promoting Hokkaido.

@twotwo8793 5 ай бұрын

Many places to see in SA, thanks African Diaspora for informing us about this controversy🙏

@The_Quaalude 5 ай бұрын

Get the 💰

@nmkone2207 5 ай бұрын

Well done Trevor

@brotherkareem181 5 ай бұрын

The commercial was good what’s the problem ?

@vienicestyles 5 ай бұрын

I don’t have a problem with it. He’s a famous person from South Africa 🇿🇦 so they should be willing to support one of their own even fund one of their own since it benefits them, at the end of the day. I approve this commercial. 🎉🥳 🙌🏽 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽👏🏽🍾🎊🎈🇿🇦🥹👩🏽🤩☺️🙃

@tinalyngrace 5 ай бұрын

Trevor knows the score. Let’s hope he gives back or whatever, but he knows the score.

@sotosotoa8120 5 ай бұрын

Honestly, the last thing I want to hear is an American, English, Irish, Australian accent when someone is selling anything Africa to me. The whole concept is to get away from as many Europeans as possible - and I know they will be there too. Sometimes we/ black Americans need a break from anything that reminds us of white people. I get why they chose him.

@wilbertkendal2524 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@ZAR_72 5 ай бұрын

If you're looking for an accent similar to that of West Africa then my friend you should definitely not come to SA. Go to Ghana or something. English is not ours and we're not trying to make it ours. When I speak isiZulu I will try to sound like a Zulu speaker, when I speak SeSotho I try to sound like a Sotho speaker, and the same goes for the other 9 OFFICIAL languages

@sotosotoa8120 5 ай бұрын

@@ZAR_72 I hear you, my thing is, if you are speaking English and you are from Africa, I want to hear the mother land accent. Bcuz it sounds like a white dude trying to tell people to come to South Africa. It's like the - come to Jamaica commercial back in the day, u had the 7up brotha speaking (unfortunately they never showed his face, if I'm not mistaken). And I felt like seeing Jamaica. But I hear you tho. Im just being over critical. Peace and respect fam.

@ZAR_72 5 ай бұрын

@@sotosotoa8120 I'm glad you get it. And keep in mind that there are people who, when going to the West, are told that they speak "such good English" and and the white people would apparently be shocked by that. People do get impressed when you speak their language like they do, whether it's in China or the US. I can tell you this, Zulu people don't like it when you speak "horrible" Zulu to them and they get very impressed when you speak it like a native Zulu speaker. Same goes for other African languages. Another thing I need to highlight is that South Africa has many English accents due to different races, but even the white South African accent does not sound British, Irish or Australian. It's unique to SA. You can check KZbin videos of white South African accent vs British, Irish or Australian accent. Sometimes when you're not familiar with something you'll tend to relate it to something you're familiar with. You can check out videos of our presidents like Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe, Jacob Zuma and the current Cyril Ramaphosa. Listen to them speak and I can promise you that there's no way you'd think these people are from London, Sydney or Dublin. Africa does not have one English accent and usually people from the same region, West Africa for example, tend to sound similar; but not everyone sounds like that. It's the same with East Africa. In Southern Africa; especially SA, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland the accents are indistinguishable because the native languages are the same. Here's my thing when it comes to learning a language, I'll push my tounge to its limit in trying to learn your language. Lastly, just like I mentioned that we don't own nor are we trying to own English, in South Africa we don't have a language like Pidgin English which we use at home. At home we speak each other's native languages and they're related, thus easy to learn. We learn English from school and watching TV, and we use it at school and at work. We don't have our own version of English for daily use. We don't care for it. Our president speak all of our 11 official languages, I speak 8 of them and I think Trevor Noah also speak 8. It has nothing to do with intelligence. These languages are so closely related that we can have a flowing conversation with me speaking one language and you speaking another. Apologies for a long text, but your main comment came across as meant to be an insult. SA is a beautiful country and I wouldn't change it for any other country on Africa or in the world. We have our issues, but I wouldn't survive issues in other parts of Africa, America and the world at large

@sotosotoa8120 5 ай бұрын

@@ZAR_72 thanks fam , my bad, I wasn't trying to come off as an insult. Thanks for helping me to understand more about SA. Much love and respect

@StandUpGill 5 ай бұрын

Better Trevor than whoever else for now. The question is that most things are free like the good weather and beaches but hopefully the hotels and safaris will profit the hardworking and indigenous people primarily

@k.c.8345 5 ай бұрын

He's a celebrity! And has a U.S. connection. Get paid what you're worth. Obviously someone thought it was a good investment.😂 Shout to Trevor! 👏 👏 👏

@aznation6275 5 ай бұрын

who was really complaing?.. trevor noah was an ambassador for dstv and chickenlicken but it was all quiet..but since he's promoting The country now everybody got a prob

@sdowdy9965 5 ай бұрын

I will be there in 28 days!!!

@paulines581 5 ай бұрын

If they had it, and extra to meet other pressing needs then of course, definitely well spent.

@hers_sibo 5 ай бұрын

All I see is handsome man Trevor!😊 There's Mphumalanga gorgeous Mountains 2 explore

@LukeRev480 5 ай бұрын

Mpumalanga

@khwezimvuyana4092 4 ай бұрын

Smart advertising at its best.

@Whilewearestillhere 5 ай бұрын

Great Commercial🎉

@twotwo8793 5 ай бұрын

The problem is I can't see my town and other towns, I can only see cape town

@TheLb360 5 ай бұрын

Dope commercial. I like the little xena battle cry at the end 😂

@faizenka11 5 ай бұрын

That is not a battle cry. It is called ululation, it is a sound made during celebration like weddings etc here in Africa

@dmilleniumdiva 5 ай бұрын

Pay my baby his $ ! LOL! Especially since he loves his home country & does a lot there to help others. And, side note: South Africa was absolutely amazing. I visited years before I ever heard of Trevor. Go visit! Complimentary promo, lol

@VividTheater 5 ай бұрын

Trevor Noah is top talent, so yeah it was worth every penny.

@evelynjackson2898 5 ай бұрын

I think itnis good to promote South Africa. However the price is a bit steep

@nikilandella6136 5 ай бұрын

Guys, Trevor Noah comes with a global audience. The amount paid will pay dividends that a less famous person would not be able to reel in. Thats business. Julie Andrews didn't get "My Fair Lady" even though she played the role for years on Broadway. Audrey Hepburn came with a built in audience. It was ok, bc Andrew's got Mary Poppins and she later thanked them for not giving her My Fair Lady. You will get your role when its your turn.

@twotwo8793 5 ай бұрын

Someone should tell Trevor to show my hometown next time please😜👍

@EricFortuneJr. 5 ай бұрын

They showed the rhinos getting it in..😂 I guess that’s supposed to be the controversial part. Tourism revenue will actually benefit the countries with attractions.

@borisk5256 5 ай бұрын

This is why they say you should invest more in your value. Trevor is Valuable on the market place so his minute is rightfully worth 1.6 Millions maybe more. People should shut up and work on themselves to be as valuable as him and they will not be complain about the result of the hard work of others.

@allhailthejudge4845 5 ай бұрын

Any celebrity doing commercials gets paid that’s just business

@isaacsgeorge1775 5 ай бұрын

White folks are upset the part of the ad When Noah said "Whatever this guy is doing"...... describing the white guy trying to dance. Funny.

@NoName-mi8bm 5 ай бұрын

Trevor have been calling them out in the US alot also. But uses alot of comedy.

@isaacsgeorge1775 5 ай бұрын

@@clementgoetke2385 Of course you know how white folks are.

@ns-wg4vz 5 ай бұрын

You know this add Is not directed to normal black people it for a white American and eroupean market

@NkemOnyeka12 5 ай бұрын

Stay OUT of my manz pockets people ! He’s Trevor Noah, he’s earned the right to promote his country and make his bag💰!

@tranquiliy06 5 ай бұрын

Excuse my lack of knowledge but is his accent South African. 🤷🏾‍♀️

@mtp715 5 ай бұрын

Yes

@vibrations69 27 күн бұрын

South Africa is a cultural melting pot. Meaning there's a wide variety of accents just like in the states. Tyla is also South African and sounds completely different from Trevor, Black Coffee sounds like neither of them. I'm South african too and I sound like a mix of Trevor and Black coffee's accent.

@illuminadi5848 5 ай бұрын

Great ad! Worth every penny.

@khem127 5 ай бұрын

Great video!!! Worth it!!!!

@ManOfAlkebulan 5 ай бұрын

My question is abour all these businesses in the advertisement. Are they black owned or pink boer's owned?

@nestasolomon8756 5 ай бұрын

Huh!! This is a brilliant ad. It's worth more than the $1.7m Trevor was paid for it.

@Irene-ry8it 5 ай бұрын

Why are people hating.. He is representing his country well. They should pay him. It is an investment in south Africa. I loved the Ad makes me want to see the ostriches in South Africa🙂😁.

@youloveyah2222 5 ай бұрын

Yes!!! Beautiful, Luv you Trevor!!! I'm coming over, yeah I am!

@claires1177 4 ай бұрын

Because of this AD, I would like to visit South Afrca. Trevor Noah is a wonderful ambassador for his country!

@MazBringsby 5 ай бұрын

Standing in front of a green pool of dirty water.

@dthomason119 5 ай бұрын

Don’t know who Trevor Noah is and nor do I care, but I can say the promo was great and little funny (I chuckled). People should worry about more pressing things like the gas prices in California, they are high or the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

@LukeRev480 5 ай бұрын

Good for you! If we did n't have Trevor Noah to "dilute" or distract us from situations beyond our control e.g Ukraine/ Gaza blood pressure or some chronic illness would kill some of us.

@marencruickshank 5 ай бұрын

Very good ad with so much content and interest that it felt longer than 1 minute.

@Chi__22 5 ай бұрын

Nice one Trevs as always 😂😂😂❤

@OneKindWord 4 ай бұрын

Good ad, I watched it several times.

@jhmn9000 5 ай бұрын

If that's his worthy, what is the problem? Make yourself worthy and you will earn billions of cash

@SNAKE-bq9nh 5 ай бұрын

Not justified. 10k max. The rest should be paid to the workers

@tash4312 5 ай бұрын

That’s not true it’s a lie and he said himself when he was interviewed on 94.7 fm by Anele.

@gintasindreika933 4 ай бұрын

O Jesus, I laughed when Trevor said he was paid so much for this commercial, that S.A. can't afford to have snow on Christmas.

@MickiRonnae1 5 ай бұрын

I want to go to South Africa now. W ad

@sunelelujabe8075 5 ай бұрын

You are most welcome to South Africa, besides its summer, this side until next year March.

@MidnightTheOne 5 ай бұрын

I get why people were initially angry. Young adults are unemployed whilst seeing one dude earn millions in 1 minute. The ad is very good!!

@lincolnpearson9302 5 ай бұрын

like footballers ??

@realmaureenoyakhilome 5 ай бұрын

@@lincolnpearson9302footballers actually work for it not just for being famous.

@jamman8678 5 ай бұрын

He is given some to his gogo.😊

@carolinacarolina2342 5 ай бұрын

Time wasted... Sigh...

@johnjahfire3729 5 ай бұрын

He may become president one day..he is very smart..

@jalisabradford6201 5 ай бұрын

I thought he was British.

@NoName-mi8bm 5 ай бұрын

South african. Then again you've probably figured that much out.

@deloresclay5039 5 ай бұрын

There's black British , we're all over this planet 👍🏾❤️

@lady-jn3mf 5 ай бұрын

@@deloresclay5039Xhosa to be specific

@sunelelujabe8075 5 ай бұрын

Nope, South African by birthright. He comes from the biggest city of Johannesburg in South Africa.

@nicholastoo858 5 ай бұрын

SA needs to fix two things, electricity (load shedding) and crime. Last news I came across about crime was that two police officers who were security for a minister were robbed, their guns taken. If police get robbed, what about the rest of us?