National anthem of South Africa (current)
The National Anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the 19th-century hymn “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” (English: “God Bless Africa”, lit. ’” Lord Bless Africa”‘) and the Afrikaans song “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika” (English: “The Voice of South Africa”), which was used as the South African national anthem during the apartheid era. The … Read more