The lecture is not only aimed at musicians and is open to anyone interested in the history of South Africa. The purpose of this initiative is to help educate the community more on the subject ...

South Africa's "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" has been voted the world's best national anthem in a poll created by The Economist magazine. The anthem, which pieces together lyrics in Afrikaans‚ English‚ ...

South Africa’s national anthem is a musical diamond, being the only neo-modal national anthem in the world. But what does that mean, and what are the lyrics? South Africa’s national anthem combines ...

Mbabane - A senior Swazi police officer stunned the Mbabane magistrate's court on Tuesday when he told a trial of six trade unionists charged with staging a strike that the anthem Nkosi Sikelel' ...

Nkosi Sikelel iAfrica (Lord Bless Africa) is a song that runs through the very soul of South African life. It was originally composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Xhosa clergyman at a Methodist ...

"Too many national anthems suffer from dreary harmonies and dull platitudes‚" The Economist wrote‚ as it published a poll of the best anthems in the world - choosing South Africa's Enoch Sontonga's ...

Articles dealing with Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika and claims by various parties that they hold copyright in it and are entitled to claim, and have claimed, royalties for its use and public performance ...

Can the national anthem be used to sell beer? The answer, according to the ad watchdog, is yes. The Advertising Regulatory Board's decision followed a complaint about a Castle Lager TV ad featuring a ...

The Springboks will face England in their second end-of-year Test at the newly-named Allianz Stadium in Twickenham on Saturday, 16 November. For the latest Springboks news, bookmark The South African ...

The EFF on Tuesday called for Die Stem to be removed from the national anthem, in celebration of Enoch Sontonga who composed Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika. Tuesday marks the 120th anniversary of Sontonga's ...

I'm not a patriotic kind of guy. I love South Africans, because I've met them, and because, hey, I am one. I love people's ideas of what it means for them to be South African. But I don't love South ...