Article: Die Stem fight

The Afrikaans anthem "Die Stem" is a cultural song that has a place in a post-apartheid South Africa, the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Associations (FAK) said on Tuesday.

FAK managing director Danie Langner said the song, initially written as a poem by CJ Langenhoven in 1918, remained a precious cultural heritage for many Africans.
 
If the ANC can sing struggle songs, then Afrikaners can sing Die Stem. Fair's fair?
 
He said: "I will sing it more and I ask that the ban on our sacred traditional song be lifted and all may be free to sing what they want, where they want, as long as it is not hate speech or preaches violence.
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What ban ?
 
Steve being Steve...

This is a concern to me:

According to FF Plus spokesman Anton Alberts, the Economic Freedom Fighters on Tuesday called on Parliament for the 'Die Stem' portion of the national anthem to be scrapped.
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Should there be any truth behind this, then they will be asking to be on the RPK receiving end. Then it comes back to what Sinbad said here.
 
I checked now, he only sang the 1st verse:

Oor ons ewige gebergtes
Waar die kranse antwoord gee.
Deur ons vêr verlate vlaktes
Met die kreun van ossewa.
Ruis die stem van ons geliefde,
Van ons land Suid-Afrika.
Ons sal antwoord op jou roepstem,
Ons sal offer wat jy vra:
Ons sal lewe, ons sal sterwe,
Ons vir jou, Suid-Afrika.

Afrikaans in National anthem:

Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,

Quoting wiki parts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika

The anthem speaks throughout of commitment to the Vaderland (father land) and to God. However, the anthem was generally disliked by black South Africans, who saw it as triumphalist and associated it with the apartheid regime where one verse shows dedication to Afrikaners.
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In spite of this, Die Stem retained official status after the advent of full democracy which followed the 1994 general election. The anthem shared equal status with Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, which had long been a traditional hymn used by the ANC. In 1995, Die Stem was sung by a black choir at the Rugby World Cup final match.
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Having a quick look on FB and Twitter, it seems to be a larger outrage by English white South African than black in general... I don’t really know where to be opinionated on this, except on the alleged EFF remark on the "Die Stem" portion in the National Anthem.
 
Eff trolling. They are just around to keep the focus off the ANC. Can everybody just ignore them.
 
I never sing the current national anthem as it pays a tribute to african forefathers. That is offensive to many south africans but no one took that in consideration. It was just accepted. Die stem is nothing racial or discriminating. Unfortunately some people can pick and choose what is apartheid and what's not. This is so sad. No wonder this country can not move forward, its because people keep on holding onto the frikken past. F sakes get over it. Not everything is linked to apartheid. If they were supressed back in the day, whats different to what is happening to white people now
 
I will still sing die stem regardless. It is a beautiful song.
 
Well its about time for a whole new anthem actually.
To hell with the stem and nkosi

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika is hardly unique and we are the 3rd country currently using it as an anthem.

We need something of our own if you want to build unity.

The song became a pan-African liberation anthem and was later adopted as the national anthem of five countries in Africa including Zambia, Tanzania, Namibia and Zimbabwe after independence. Zimbabwe and Namibia have since adopted new national anthems. The song is currently the national anthem of Tanzania, Zambia and since 1994, a portion of the national anthem of South Africa.
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Time to move on people.
 
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Sneeky said:
Well its about time for a whole new anthem actually.
To hell with the stem and nkosi

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika is hardly unique and we are the 3rd country currently using it as an anthem.

We need something of our own if you want to build unity.



Time to move on people.
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Since we have so many languages, an anthem without lyrics.
 
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