In a separate statement, President Cyril Ramaphosa labelled it “desperate and inciteful”, adding it undermines the principles of democracy and unity in South Africa and the preservation of tolerance ...

Amid so much furor, few South Africans had time to dissect and rationalize their new flag. Basically it is a horizontal tricolor, reading from top to bottom orange, white and blue.

The voiceover in the ad says the country will be destroyed should the ANC continue to govern. Near the end of the 30-second ad, the flag is restored with the message that voters should “rescue South ...

Previously, only grades 1 to 9 were compulsory in South Africa. The act makes grade R (currently classified under early childhood development) and grades 10 to 12 compulsory.