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Angry FNB customer takes grievance to Joburg bridge

From criticism that the ruling party was no longer able to fill the stadium which bears its name to an unhappy customer’s banner draped from a bridge over a Joburg highway – First National Bank was in the news on Monday morning.

Brett D?@brettddunbar tweeted an image of the sign‚ on the Main Road bridge‚ saying: “@Radio702 @ewnupdates @News24 someone is clearly not happy with FNB. N1 north in JHB”.

The banner added a version of what the banks’ acronym could stand for: “Flippin Negligent Bankers”.

 

It appeared that the bank’s logo was altered to show an AK-47 in the trademark acacia tree. In the 1990s‚ right-wing groups claimed the assault rifle‚ a map of Africa and a leaping rabbit – thought to be a symbol of the then-banned movement — had been hidden in the bank’s logo.

Dhruv Sheth?@MAV3RICK–TW33TS concurred with the aggrieved customer‚ retweeting it and adding: “Agree with those sentiment‚ had my credit card cloned this weekend and FNB helpline took over 20 mins to answer my call. #FNBneedstowakeup”.

In 2014‚ disgruntled client George Prokas made headlines when he paid R60000 to have a banner erected on Beyers Naude Drive with the words: “The most useless service provider in the country as experienced via Cell C Sandton City.”

The matter went to court.

Elsewhere‚ opponents of the African National Congress attacked the party’s dwindling support‚ mocking the party for using the 40 000-seater Orlando Stadium instead of the 94 000-seater FNB Stadium for its 105th anniversary bash.

Nothin but the truth ?@377c0465b838407 asked: “@ANCJHB Pray tell...what is the stadium’s capacity again? I know FNB is about 90 000 and Orlando much smaller...#ANC105”‚ to which the party’s Johannesburg branch replied: “@377c0465b838407 last year we filled up FNB with privincial manifesto...did u forget it..” – TMG Digital

 

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