Friday, October 8, 2021

CORONAVIRUS. Tiger Brands' KOO packs them in during Covid-19 for the media launch event of its advertiser-funded show Colour Your Plate with KOO with Basetsana Kumalo on SABC2.

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People arrived, hugged, stood shoulder-to-shoulder without masks for selfies, hanged on each other, and then sat down without any apparent social distancing to drink and eat as they mingled at Tiger Brands and KOO's media launch event this week - during South Africa's Covid-19 pandemic - for Tiger Brands' new advertiser-funded show Colour Your Plate with KOO on SABC2.

Colour Your Plate with KOO, an AFP competition reality show for Tiger Brands produced by Cardova Productions with Basetsana Kumalo, held a media event this week where social media influencers and other guests pitched up to see what there is to eat, to drink and to maybe get as gifts.

Several in the group of people - who are not family and not all living together - apparently dutifully played along in exchange for free food with apparently scant regard that a Covid-19 pandemic is raging in South Africa and the world.

The guests and media filled social media like Twitter and showed the public images of them having a good time at Colour Your Plate with KOO - without wearing masks for Covid-19 that are mandatory - and sitting very close together, indoors - as seen on the shared photos - for the media presentation.

Meanwhile waiters were spotted seen walk around with their masks not covering their noses defeating the purpose of the perfunctory exercise of wearing a face-covering.

Held at the Simbali Lodge and Function Venue in Pretoria East, Tiger Brands' Colour Your Plate with KOO media launch event held on Wednesday doesn't appear - judged by the various photos on social media - to adhere to all basic social distancing rules.

Guests were seated close to each other at two long tables where chairs are apparently no further spaced apart than what the situation was before the Covid-19 pandemic, with people sitting elbow-to-elbow as they ate and breathed the same air indoors as they laughed and snapped selfies to self-indulgent delight.

TVwithThinus asked Tiger Brands why its Colour Your Plate with KOO media event didn't make sure that people are wearing masks at all times and wearing their masks properly, why it appears that social distancing protocols were not observed, why guests were seen walking around and taking photos without masks and hugging each other, and why they were seated at tables right next to each other.

Tiger Brands was also asked how Tiger Brands and KOO sees its corporate social responsibility, given the dangerous ongoing environment of Covid-19, to protect guests during physical events.


Edna Mohale-Maphita, marketing director: culinary at Tiger Brands in response to the media query, says that Tiger Brands is "committed to providing a safe environment for our employees and those who visit our facilities or attend events that are hosted by the company".

"The Colour Your Plate with KOO launch event was planned and implemented under the guidance of a Covid-19 compliance officer and executed in line with the current level 1 guidelines."

"Temperature screening of guests took place, a contact register was maintained and hand sanitiser was widely available to guests."

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Edna Mohale-Maphita says that "The guest list was capped at 80 people and our choice of venue provided a combination of indoor and outdoor areas with sufficient space available to accommodate social distancing".

"The seating plan was designed to allow for adequate spacing between guests and outside spaces were set up with Covid-19 protocols in mind."

"Similar to a dining experience in a restaurant, guests removed their masks to eat and drink during the event," Tiger Brands says.


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There's been no press release or any media material issued about Colour Your Plate with KOO by the SABC or SABC2 about the show before it started, with no publicity material sent to the press after the media event of what was said, announced or happened there.

A lot of media covering TV have absolutely no idea of Colour Your Plate with KOO, or what the show entails or is about. 

The Covid-19 pandemic remains dangerous with hundreds of people still getting infected daily in South Africa and people dying from Covid-19, while thousands more are infected and dying across Africa and the rest of the world. 

The South African government is urging people to please get their Covid-19 vaccinations, with a possible fourth Covid-19 wave predicted for December for the country since people are not taking Covid-19 safety protocols seriously and are not properly adhering to the practical rules of wearing a mask in public, limiting public and social interaction, are not practising social distancing and are not keeping away from other people at events.  


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