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The song originates in the struggle against apartheid when it was first sung to protest the Afrikaner-dominated apartheid government of South Africa. [5] Supporters of the song see it as a song that articulates an important part of South Africa's history, [6] [7] is an important part of political discourse, [8] [9] and that its meaning has been ...
A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters, [1] [2] who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948.
However, the government used its control of the South African Broadcasting Corporation to prevent "undesirable" songs from being played (which included political or rebellious music, and music with "blasphemous" or overtly sexual lyrics), and to enforce its ideal of a cultural separation between racial groups, in addition to physical separation ...
"Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a British anti-apartheid song written and originally released by Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddy Grant in 1988, during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played there nonetheless. [2]
[6] [12] This interpretation was the result of the government relying on a literal translation of the lyrics. [13] The government was so pleased with the song that Vilakezi was praised by a bureaucrat for the song, and reportedly, had a housing application approved. [6] However, the lyrics were intended to be ironic.
"Weeping" is an anti-apartheid protest song written by Dan Heymann in the mid-1980s, and first recorded by Heymann and the South African group Bright Blue in 1987. [1] The song was a pointed response to the 1985 State of Emergency declared by President P.W. Botha , which resulted in "large-scale killings of unarmed and peaceful demonstrators ...
Dozens of troops from Russia's Wagner private military company have arrived in Central African Republic to help secure a constitutional referendum on July 30 that could see the president extend ...
1983 South African constitutional referendum; 1992 South African apartheid referendum This page was last edited on 22 March 2022, at 09:16 (UTC). Text is ...