This is how I remember it before they added English and Afrikaans verses. I still don’t know why they took out the part of the Holy Spirit though

I WONDER WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO INCLUDE THOSE DAMN THINGS...

Mandela cos he wanted to please them

@Entrepreneur_TM Lol - even on this occasion Die Stem was sung. We were there - it used to be the longest national anthem on earth. So don't make people think Die Stem was ever dropped

@nubian6 I remember those days very well, lol Yeah no shem! It was insanely long.

The new version sucks.

Right?

Yeah, this accommdating of cultures who never asked to be forgiven is wrong.

We had so much hope back then. There was something in the air. Now it's just vibes and corruption.

@Lu_theriver Mandela, your rainbow nation guy messed it up 😑

@Lu_theriver Too much

Are we still discussing the new national anthem in 2026. Anikho serious yazi. 🤔

You can just scroll through Motho wa Modimo

That woza moya 😇🥹

@AsezaGucci The English part should go and the hoza moya be our outro

@AsezaGucci Please and thank you

It's because abawufuni uMoya Oyingcwele bafuna lo ongcolile usishuke.

It's really satanically devised to just change this song into all kinds of shenanigans. The Zulus also changed it from Yehla Moya (rain from heaven), to Woza (come), why? This is an Xhosa song, and it was supposed to have been preserved as one, at least the first two verses

They were trying to impress that madala

The National Anthem of Bophuthatswana was more meaningful

Very true

If we're saying SA has 11 languages, it was then fitting for other languages to be included in the national anthem. The original one might sound nice to other's but I hear it repeating verses unnecessary. I stand with the new version.

Wow this is beautiful Tannie, thank you sharing♥️🥹

All SADC countries have this version of the national anthem besides Zimbabwe

A beautiful moment to remember!

We do not invite the holy spirit anymore

The National anthem was written from a colonial point of writing, The acknowledgement of "Umoya Oyingcwel/Holy Spirit " is religious n foreign concept. I didn't think we had it before colonisation.

It was too long, repeating the same lines and tending to be boring towards the end due to it not sounding like a national anthem. It lacked patriotism. It is better if we leave it to bo mama bo mthandazo.

Yes, Die Stem should not be sung!

They should have kept it this way and allowed Sothos, Tswanas and Bapedi to join Botswana along with Lesotho. So Nguni can have a country all to themselves in peace with Vendas, Indians and white people.

Why do I cringe when they say “Africa”

I wonder

This is how we sang it in my former high school ❤️

This version is good, I didn't know about it

They took it out because it becomes a Hymn and is not an Anthem. it alienates non Christians. the English and Afrikaans unifies South Africa. it changes it from a Hymn to a Anthem.

May 10, 1994. What a day it was 🙌🏾

You had to be there

@AmandaMaG23 It sounds like an Anglican hym still.

It was Jacob Zuma's idea. 😆 🤣 😂

Wow, e be ka gopola, lefatshe leno, la bo Rra rona...

I remember this version

They knew what was about to come, they couldn’t loot with the holy spirited National Anthem.

Kante how old are you

I’m 44, why?

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Lost opportunity

SO THE SO CALLED GOD IS URGED TO FOCUS ON SOUTH AFRICA & FORGET ABOUT OTHERS, WHY DID WE HAVE TO SUFFER IN PAST, WAS GOD NOT THERE, NATIONAL ANTHEMS ARE JUST WISHES WHICH DON'T COME TO PASS, JST NONSENSE