Julius Puppet Not So Lippy Anymore

“Julius” has sold for lots and lots of change.
After over 700 bids, the controversial dummy star of the Nando’s advertisements  has been bought for R100 000 by Johannesburg businessman Ryan Lotter.

Lotter – managing director of Colorpress Pty Limited – said he was considering giving his new puppet acquisition to Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille. So much for a recession. Some of us still have R100 000 to fork out on a worthless dummy. Well maybe not worthless. The PR for Nandos has been immense, the comic relief for Joe Public has been great and the R100 000 goes to charity.

Gobsmacked

Malema declined to comment.

Until he has decided what to actually do with the thing, he said “Julius” would be his new BEE silent partner and take pride of place at his company’s bar.

“Our company does a lot for charity and we believe in assisting worthy causes… and we think the Nando’s ads are fantastic,” he said.
The money generated from the “Julius” auction will go to the Self-Help Development Organisation, which empowers young men by enabling them to finish matric and learn mechanics, electrical engineering and woodwork skills. The charity’s Jimmy Mahlangu said it had opened in 1996 with the specific aim of assisting young men who had ended up on the street by “stopping them from doing crime”.

Mahlangu was overwhelmed by the news of “Juilius’s” R100 000 price tag.

“That’s great… it will really help,” he said.

Nando’s national marketing manager Sylvester Chauke said Nandos would be sad to see the puppet go.

“We have become very attached to him… We will probably have some kind of farewell for him before we let him go,” he said.