The National Anthem Flashcards
When was a new national anthem chosen?
After 1994.
What did the people say to Nelson Mandela about what they wanted in the national anthem?
A mixture of the old and the new.
What two anthems were combined to make the new one?
The Call of South Africa/Die Stem and Nkosi Sikelel iAfrica.
Was Die Stem/Call of South Africa originally a poem?
Yes. The SABC used to play it to close their daily broadcasts.
When was Die Stem first sung publically?
In Cape Town in 1928 at the offical hoisting of the national flag.
When was the English version accepted for official use?
1952.
When and who composed Nkosi Sikele’ iAfrica?
1897 and Enoch Sontonga.
When and who was a Sesotho version published? ( Nkosi Sikele’ iAfrica )
1942 And Moses Mphahele
Which one do people usually sing in the first stanza of Nkosi Sikele’ iAfrica?
isiXhosa or isiZulu
