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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A" title="نشيد جنوب إفريقيا الوطني – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نشيد جنوب إفريقيا الوطني" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himnu_nacional_de_Sud%C3%A1frica" title="Himnu nacional de Sudáfrica – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Himnu nacional de Sudáfrica" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4" title="দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার জাতীয় সঙ্গীত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার জাতীয় সঙ্গীত" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D2%A1_%D0%90%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D2%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Көньяҡ Африка Республикаһының Милли Гимны – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Көньяҡ Африка Республикаһының Милли Гимны" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%AE%D0%90" title="Химн на РЮА – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Химн на РЮА" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himne_de_Sud-%C3%A0frica" title="Himne de Sud-àfrica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Himne de Sud-àfrica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymna_Jihoafrick%C3%A9_republiky" title="Hymna Jihoafrické republiky – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hymna Jihoafrické republiky" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem_genedlaethol_De_Affrica" title="Anthem genedlaethol De Affrica – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Anthem genedlaethol De Affrica" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalhymne_S%C3%BCdafrikas" title="Nationalhymne Südafrikas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nationalhymne Südafrikas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82_%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9D%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82" title="Εθνικός ύμνος της Νότιας Αφρικής – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνικός ύμνος της Νότιας Αφρικής" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himno_nacional_de_Sud%C3%A1frica" title="Himno nacional de Sudáfrica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Himno nacional de Sudáfrica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacia_himno_de_Sud-Afriko" title="Nacia himno de Sud-Afriko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nacia himno de Sud-Afriko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegoafrikaren_nazio_ereserkia" title="Hegoafrikaren nazio ereserkia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hegoafrikaren nazio ereserkia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="سرود ملی آفریقای جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سرود ملی آفریقای جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_ke_national_anthem" title="South Africa ke national anthem – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="South Africa ke national anthem" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymne_national_de_l%27Afrique_du_Sud" title="Hymne national de l'Afrique du Sud – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hymne national de l'Afrique du Sud" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%A8%EC%95%84%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B4_%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80" title="남아프리카 공화국의 국가 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="남아프리카 공화국의 국가" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_%C6%98asar_Africa_ta_Kudu" title="Taken Ƙasar Africa ta Kudu – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Taken Ƙasar Africa ta Kudu" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagu_kebangsaan_Afrika_Selatan" title="Lagu kebangsaan Afrika Selatan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lagu kebangsaan Afrika Selatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umhobe_wesizwe_wase_Mzantsi_Afrika" title="Umhobe wesizwe wase Mzantsi Afrika – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Umhobe wesizwe wase Mzantsi Afrika" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICulo_leSizwe_leNingizimu_Afrika" title="ICulo leSizwe leNingizimu Afrika – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="ICulo leSizwe leNingizimu Afrika" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%B3%C3%B0s%C3%B6ngur_Su%C3%B0ur-Afr%C3%ADku" title="Þjóðsöngur Suður-Afríku – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Þjóðsöngur Suður-Afríku" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inno_nazionale_del_Sudafrica" title="Inno nazionale del Sudafrica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Inno nazionale del Sudafrica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94" title="המנון דרום אפריקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המנון דרום אפריקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%97_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკის ჰიმნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკის ჰიმნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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Anthem of South Africa</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:South_African_national_anthem_(1997),_Government_Gazette_of_South_Africa.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/South_African_national_anthem_%281997%29%2C_Government_Gazette_of_South_Africa.pdf/page1-220px-South_African_national_anthem_%281997%29%2C_Government_Gazette_of_South_Africa.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/South_African_national_anthem_%281997%29%2C_Government_Gazette_of_South_Africa.pdf/page1-330px-South_African_national_anthem_%281997%29%2C_Government_Gazette_of_South_Africa.pdf.jpg 1.5x, 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(second segment) (English: <span lang="en">"The Call of South Africa"</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Enoch_Sontonga" title="Enoch Sontonga">Enoch Sontonga</a>, 1897<br /><a href="/wiki/Cornelis_Jacobus_Langenhoven" title="Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven">Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven</a>, 1918<br /><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zaidel-Rudolph" title="Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph">Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph</a>, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data">Enoch Sontonga, 1897<br />Marthinus Lourens de Villiers, 1921<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1921</span>)</span> <i>(arranged by <a href="/wiki/Mzilikazi_Khumalo" title="Mzilikazi Khumalo">Mzilikazi Khumalo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zaidel-Rudolph" title="Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph">Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph</a>, 1995)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1997</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">Die Stem van Suid-Afrika</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika</a>"</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E6E8FA">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio 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class="infobox-label">Xhosa</th><td class="infobox-data">uMhobe weSizwe waseMzantsi Afrika</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Afrikaans</th><td class="infobox-data">Volkslied van Suid-Afrika</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sepedi</th><td class="infobox-data">Koša ya Naga ya Afrika Borwa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Swazi</th><td class="infobox-data">Umlandvo we Ngoma yeSive yase Ningizimu Afrika</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sesotho</th><td class="infobox-data">Pina ya Naha ya Afrika Borwa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Setswana</th><td class="infobox-data">Pina ya Bosetšhaba ya Afrika Borwa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Xitsonga</th><td class="infobox-data">Matimu ya Risimu ra Rixaka ra Afrika</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venda</th><td class="infobox-data">Ḓivhazwakale ya Limbo lwa Lushaka lwa Afrika Tshipembe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Southern Ndebele</th><td class="infobox-data">Zimu Busisa i-Afrika</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></b> was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a> <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymn</a> "<span title="Xhosa-language text"><i lang="xh"><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika</a></i></span>" (English: <span lang="en">"God Bless Africa"</span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">"Lord Bless Africa"</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) and the <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> song that was used as the South African national anthem during the <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> era, "<a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">Die Stem van Suid-Afrika</a>" (English: <span lang="en">"The Voice of South Africa"</span>), with new English lyrics.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT1938_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT1938-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The anthem is often referred to by its <a href="/wiki/Incipit" title="Incipit">incipit</a> of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", but this has never been its official title, which is simply "National Anthem of South Africa". </p><p>The committee responsible for this new composition included Anna Bender, <a href="/wiki/Elize_Botha" class="mw-redirect" title="Elize Botha">Elize Botha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Cock" title="Richard Cock">Richard Cock</a>, Dolf Havemann (Secretary), <a href="/wiki/Mzilikazi_Khumalo" title="Mzilikazi Khumalo">Mzilikazi Khumalo</a> (chairman), <a href="/wiki/Mazisi_Kunene" title="Mazisi Kunene">Masizi Kunene</a>, John Lenake, <a href="/wiki/Fatima_Meer" title="Fatima Meer">Fatima Meer</a>, Khabi Mngoma, <a href="/wiki/Wally_Serote" class="mw-redirect" title="Wally Serote">Wally Serote</a>, Johan de Villiers, and <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zaidel-Rudolph" title="Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph">Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's twelve official languages – <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a> (first stanza, first two lines), <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a> (first stanza, last two lines), <a href="/wiki/Sesotho_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesotho language">Sesotho</a> (second stanza), <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> (third stanza), and <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a> (final stanza). The lyrics are sung in these languages regardless of the native language of the singer. The first half was arranged by <a href="/wiki/Mzilikazi_Khumalo" title="Mzilikazi Khumalo">Mzilikazi Khumalo</a><sup id="cite_ref-page4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the latter half of the song was arranged by <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zaidel-Rudolph" title="Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph">Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph</a>, who also wrote the final verse.<sup id="cite_ref-page4_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Samro_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fact that it shifts (<a href="/wiki/Modulation_(music)" title="Modulation (music)">modulates</a>) and ends in a different key (from <a href="/wiki/A-flat_major" title="A-flat major">A-flat major</a> to <a href="/wiki/E-flat_major" title="E-flat major">E-flat major</a>) a feature that it shares with the <a href="/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani" title="Il Canto degli Italiani">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcha_Real" title="Marcha Real">Spanish</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lupang_Hinirang" title="Lupang Hinirang">Philippine</a> national anthems,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> makes it compositionally unusual. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/23px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/35px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/46px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> "God Save the King"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1901–1952</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa"><img alt="Union of South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/23px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/35px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg/46px-Red_Ensign_of_South_Africa_%281910%E2%80%931912%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">Die Stem van Suid-Afrika</a>"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1938–1952</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa"><img alt="Union of South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> "God Save the Queen"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1952–1957</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281982%E2%80%931994%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">Die Stem van Suid-Afrika</a>"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1952–1994</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika</a>"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1994–1997</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> "<a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">Die Stem van Suid-Afrika</a>"</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1994–1997</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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condemned system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination that was based on <a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">white supremacy</a> and the repression of the <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">black majority</a> for the benefit of the politically and economically dominant <a href="/wiki/Afrikaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaner">Afrikaner</a> minority and other whites. During this period, South Africa's national anthem was "<a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">Die Stem van Suid-Afrika</a>", also known as "Die Stem", an <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>-language song that chronicled the <a href="/wiki/Voortrekkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Voortrekkers">Voortrekkers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Trek" title="Great Trek">Great Trek</a>. "Die Stem" is a poem written by <a href="/wiki/C._J._Langenhoven" class="mw-redirect" title="C. J. Langenhoven">C. J. Langenhoven</a> in 1918 and was set to music by Marthinus Lourens de Villiers in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-History_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Die Stem" (English: <span lang="en">"The voice of South Africa"</span>) was the co-national anthem<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with "<a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">God Save the King</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between 1938 and 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1994. "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" was composed of eight stanzas: the original four in Afrikaans and four in English - a translation of the Afrikaans with a few modifications. It was seldom sung in its entirety; usually, the first stanza was the most widely known and sung sometimes followed by the last stanza. </p><p>When apartheid came to an end in the early 1990s, the future of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" was called into question.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was ultimately retained as the national anthem, though "<a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika</a>", a <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa language</a> song that was used by the <a href="/wiki/Internal_resistance_to_apartheid" title="Internal resistance to apartheid">anti-apartheid movement</a>, was also introduced and adopted as a second national anthem of equal standing.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" was composed by a <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> school teacher named <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Sontonga" title="Enoch Sontonga">Enoch Sontonga</a> in 1897. It was first sung as a church <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymn</a> but later became an act of political defiance against the <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid regime</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/South_African_government" class="mw-redirect" title="South African government">South African government</a> adopted both songs as dual <a href="/wiki/National_anthems" class="mw-redirect" title="National anthems">national anthems</a> in 1994, when they were performed at <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>'s inauguration.<sup id="cite_ref-Carlin153_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlin153-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/1995_Rugby_World_Cup" title="1995 Rugby World Cup">1995 Rugby World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morn%C3%A9_du_Plessis" title="Morné du Plessis">Morné du Plessis</a> suggested that the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">Springboks</a> learn all the words of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", and "they did so with great feeling", according to their instructor Anne Munnik.<sup id="cite_ref-Carlin173_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlin173-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inception">Inception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Inception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The practice of having two national anthems proved to be a cumbersome arrangement as performing both of them took as much as five minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was rectified when South Africa's dual national anthems were merged in abridged forms in early 1997<sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to form the current national anthem. The new national anthem was performed at an opening of the South African parliament in February 1997,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was published in the South African <i>Government Gazette</i> on 10 October 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the drafting of the new national anthem, it was requested by South African president Nelson Mandela that it be not more than one minute and 48 seconds in length (which was the average length of other countries' anthems being used for reference).<sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new English lyrics were adapted from the last four lines of the first stanza of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (English: <span lang="en">"The Call of South Africa"</span>), with the changes made to reflect hope in <a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Africa_(1994%E2%80%93present)" title="History of South Africa (1994–present)">post-apartheid South African</a> society. </p><p>Lines borrowed from the two previous national anthems were modified to be more inclusive, omitting overt reference to specific groups of the country's population groups. Thus, lines from the apartheid-era national anthem's first stanza referencing the <a href="/wiki/Voortrekkers" class="mw-redirect" title="Voortrekkers">Voortrekkers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Great_Trek" title="Great Trek">Great Trek</a> were omitted, as "this was the experience of only one section of" South African society.<sup id="cite_ref-Samro_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, the words "Woza Moya", used in "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" were also omitted, as the phrase is a specifically Christian reference, rather than a generically religious one,<sup id="cite_ref-Samro_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and thus not acceptable to South Africans of other religions, particularly Muslim South Africans.<sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new verse found in neither song was also added. The English version of "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" was less prominent than the Afrikaans version and thus could be changed with little objection or controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, the English portion of the new South African national anthem was the one that had its lyrics changed from the previous version.<sup id="cite_ref-Siemon_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Siemon-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recent years, the South African national anthem has come under criticism for its Afrikaans verse as it was originally part of the national anthem of South Africa that was used during the apartheid era,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some such as the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Fighters" title="Economic Freedom Fighters">Economic Freedom Fighters</a> calling for the verse to be removed, supposedly because of this connection.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others defend the inclusion of the verse, pointing out that it is included in large part due to the wishes of the first post-apartheid South African president, <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>, who intended its inclusion as a reconciliatory measure for the post-apartheid future of South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carlin153_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlin153-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carlin173_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlin173-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyrics">Lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" class="center">First verse, first two lines in <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a> transcription<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and English translation)</small> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Xhosa-language text"><span lang="xh" style="font-style: normal;">Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika<br /> Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ŋkʼɔ.si si.kʼɛ.lɛl i.a.fri.kʼa]<br /> [ma.lu.pʰa.kʼa.n̠ʲi.s(w)‿u.pʰɔ.ndɔ lwa.jɔ]</span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>God bless Africa<br /> May her horn rise up high<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="center">First verse, last two lines in <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a> <small>(with IPA transcription<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and English translation)</small> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Zulu-language text"><span lang="zu" style="font-style: normal;">Yizwa imithandazo yethu<br /> Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ji.zwa i.mi.tʰa.nd̤a.zɔ jɛ.tʰu]<br /> [ŋkʼɔ.si si.kʼɛ.lɛ.la tʰi.na lu.sa.pʰɔ lwa.jɔ]</span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Hear our prayers<br /> Lord bless us, as your children.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="center">Second verse in <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a> <small>(with IPA transcription<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and English translation)</small> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Sotho-language text"><span lang="st" style="font-style: normal;">Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,<br /> O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho,<br /> O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,<br /> Setjhaba sa, South Afrika, South Afrika.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[mʊ.ʀɛ.nɑ bʊ.lʊ.kʼɑ sɪ.t͡ʃʰɑ.bɑ sɑ ɦɛ.sʊ]<br /> [ʊ fɛ.di.sɛ di.ntʼwɑ lɪ mɑ.t͡sʰwɛ.ɲɛ.ɦɔ]<br /> [ʊ sɪ bʊ.lʊ.kʼɛ ʊ sɪ bʊ.lʊ.kʼɛ sɪ.t͡ʃʰɑ.bɑ sɑ ɦɛ.sʊ]<br /> [sɪ.t͡ʃʰɑ.bɑ sɑ sɑu̯θ ɑf.ɹɪ.kɑ sɑu̯θ ɑf.ɹɪ.kɑ]</span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Lord we ask You to protect our nation,<br /> End all conflicts and troubles<br /> Protect us, protect our nation,<br /> The nation of South Africa, South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="center">Third verse in <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> <small>(with IPA transcription<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and English translation)</small> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span title="Afrikaans-language text"><span lang="af" style="font-style: normal;">Uit die blou van onse hemel,<br /> Uit die diepte van ons see,<br /> Oor ons ewige gebergtes<br /> Waar die kranse antwoord gee.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[œi̯(t)‿di blœu̯ fan ˈɔn.sə ˈɦɪə.məɫ]<br /> [œi̯(t)‿di ˈdip.tə fan ɔns sɪə]<br /> [ʊə̯r ɔns ˈɪə.və.χə χə.ˈbɛrχ.təs]<br /> [vɑːr di ˈkran.sə ˈant.vuə̯rt χɪə]</span> </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>From the blue of our heavens<br /> From the depths of our sea,<br /> Over our eternal mountain ranges<br /> Where the cliffs give an echo.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" class="center">Fourth verse in English </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td colspan="3"><div style="position:relative; margin:0 auto; padding:0; text-align:initial; width:-moz-fit-content;width:-webkit-fit-content;width:fit-content;"> <div class="poem"> <p>Sounds the call to come together,<br /> And united we shall stand.<br /> Let us live and strive for freedom,<br /> In South Africa, our land.<sup id="cite_ref-New_York_Consulate_24-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_York_Consulate-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translations">Translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besides English, the anthem has also been fully translated into the other official languages of South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Nguni" title="Help:IPA/Nguni">Help:IPA/Nguni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language#Phonology" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa language § Phonology</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Nguni" title="Help:IPA/Nguni">Help:IPA/Nguni</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language#Orthography" title="Zulu language">Zulu language § Orthography</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">Help:IPA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sesotho_orthography#Sotho_alphabet" title="Sesotho orthography">Sesotho orthography § Sotho alphabet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sotho_phonology" title="Sotho phonology">Sotho phonology</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Afrikaans" title="Help:IPA/Afrikaans">Help:IPA/Afrikaans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_phonology" title="Afrikaans phonology">Afrikaans phonology</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_anthem_of_South_Africa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li 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href="/wiki/Mlungu_dalitsani_Mala%C5%B5i" title="Mlungu dalitsani Malaŵi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Mali" title="Le Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Mauritania" title="National anthem of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherland_(anthem)" title="Motherland (anthem)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherifian_Anthem" title="Cherifian Anthem">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1tria_Amada" title="Pátria Amada">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia,_Land_of_the_Brave" title="Namibia, Land of the Brave">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Honneur_de_la_Patrie" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Honneur de la Patrie">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee" title="Nigeria, We Hail Thee">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%27tite_fleur_aim%C3%A9e" title="P'tite fleur aimée"><i>Réunion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Nziza" title="Rwanda Nziza">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Ciskei</i> (1981–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungwana" title="Ungwana">Comoros (1975–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vers_l%27avenir" title="Vers l'avenir"><i>Congo Free State</i> (1885–1908)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Trois_Glorieuses" title="Les Trois Glorieuses">People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_the_Rising_Sun_(anthem)" title="Land of the Rising Sun (anthem)"><i>Biafra</i> (1967–1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_Affandina" title="Salam Affandina">Egypt (1871–1922, 1936–1958)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eslami_ya_Misr" title="Eslami ya Misr">Egypt (1922–1936)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Egypt (1971–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia,_Be_Happy" title="Ethiopia, Be Happy">Ethiopia (1930–1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia,_Ethiopia,_Ethiopia_be_first" title="Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first">Ethiopia (1975–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Gazankulu</i> (1973–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Katangaise" title="La Katangaise"><i>Katanga</i> (1960–1963)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Libya (1969–1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allahu_Akbar_(anthem)" title="Allahu Akbar (anthem)">Libya (1972–2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Mali_Federation" title="National Anthem of the Mali Federation">Mali Federation (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Mauritania_(1960%E2%80%932017)" title="National anthem of Mauritania (1960–2017)">Mauritania (1960–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viva,_Viva_a_FRELIMO" title="Viva, Viva a FRELIMO">Mozambique (1975–2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Namibia (1990–1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Nig%C3%A9rienne" title="La Nigérienne">Niger (1961–2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O Compatriots">Nigeria (1978–2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Orange_Free_State" title="National anthem of the Orange Free State">Orange Free State (1854–1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rise,_O_Voices_of_Rhodesia" title="Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia"><i>Rhodesia</i> (1974–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Rwacu" title="Rwanda Rwacu">Rwanda (1962–2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/En_Avant_(anthem)" title="En Avant (anthem)">Seychelles (1976–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyer_Seselwa" title="Fyer Seselwa">Seychelles (1978–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Somalia_(1960%E2%80%932000)" title="National anthem of Somalia (1960–2000)">Somalia (1960–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soomaaliyeey_toosoo" title="Soomaaliyeey toosoo">Somalia (2000–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Somaliland_(1960)" title="National anthem of Somaliland (1960)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">South Africa (1910–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">South Africa (1938–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">South Africa (1994–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King"><i>Southern Rhodesia</i> (1979–1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salut_%C3%A0_toi,_pays_de_nos_a%C3%AFeux#Rally_of_the_Togolese_People-era_national_anthem" title="Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux">Togo (1979–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Transkei</i> (1976–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Transvaal" title="National anthem of the Transvaal">Transvaal (1875–1877, 1881–1902, 1914–1915)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_al-Bey" title="Salam al-Bey">Tunisia (1846–1957)</a></li> <li><a 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