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This was rectified when South Africa's dual national anthems were merged in abridged forms in early 1997 [14] to form the current national anthem. The new national anthem was performed at an opening of the South African parliament in February 1997, [15] and was published in the South African Government Gazette on 10 October 1997. [14]
' The Voice of South Africa '), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (Afrikaans: [di ˈstɛm]), was the national anthem of South Africa during the apartheid era. There are two versions of the song, one in English and the other in Afrikaans , which were in use early on in the Union of South Africa alongside God Save the ...
South_African_national_anthem.oga (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 2 min 3 s, 141 kbps, file size: 2.07 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
In 1994, [1] Nelson Mandela decreed that the verse of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika be embraced as a joint national anthem of South Africa; a revised version additionally including elements of "Die Stem" (the then co-state anthem inherited from the previous apartheid government) was adopted in 1997.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Kazet is a 2006 album by the South African mbaqanga group the Mahotella Queens.The album was a compilation of recordings that had recently been recorded in South Africa and in Paris, and included the South African national anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" in addition to new compositions such as "Amazemula" ("Monster"), "Nomshloshazana" (A woman's name) and "Ubusuku Nemini" and classics like ...
National_anthem_of_Apartheid-era_South_Africa_-_"Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika".oga (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 59 s, 310 kbps, file size: 2.18 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
National_anthem_of_Apartheid_South_Africa_-_"Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika".oga (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 1 min 15 s, 365 kbps, file size: 3.24 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.