National anthem of South Africa

National anthem of South Africa
Zulu	iNgoma-Yesizwe yaseNingizimu Afrika
Xhosa	uMhobe weSizwe waseMzantsi Afrika
Afrikaans	Volkslied van Suid-Afrika
Swazi	Umlandvo we Ngoma yeSive yase Ningizimu Afrika
Sesotho	Pina ya Naha ya Afrika Borwa
Setswana	Pina ya Bosetšhaba ya Afrika Borwa
Xitsonga	Matimu ya Risimu ra Rixaka ra Afrika
Venda	Ḓivhazwakale ya Limbo lwa Lushaka lwa Afrika Tshipembe
Southern Ndebele	Zimu Busisa i-Afrika

National Anthem of South Africa
	The South African national anthem as it appears specified in the South African Government Gazette
	National anthem of South Africa
Also known as	"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (first segment) (English: "Lord Bless Africa"); "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (second segment) (English: "The Call of South Africa")
Lyrics	Enoch Sontonga, 1897; Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, 1918; Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, 1995
Music	Enoch Sontonga, 1897; Marthinus Lourens de Villiers, 1921 (arranged by Mzilikazi Khumalo and Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph, 1995)
Adopted	1997
Preceded by	"Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" and "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"
Audio sample
	U.S. Navy Band instrumental version file; help;

The national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa", lit. '"Lord Bless Africa"') and the Afrikaans song that was used as the South African national anthem during the apartheid era, "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (English: "The Voice of South Africa"), with new English lyrics.^[1]

The anthem is often referred to by its incipit of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", but this has never been its official title, which is simply "National Anthem of South Africa".

The committee responsible for this new composition included Anna Bender, Elize Botha, Richard Cock, Dolf Havemann (Secretary), Mzilikazi Khumalo (chairman), Masizi Kunene, John Lenake, Fatima Meer, Khabi Mngoma, Wally Serote, Johan de Villiers, and Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph.^[2]

^ "South Africa Will Play Two Anthems Hereafter". The New York Times. 3 June 1938. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ "The South African National Anthem: A History on Record". Augusta de Mist. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[NYT1938-1] "South Africa Will Play Two Anthems Hereafter". The New York Times. 3 June 1938. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

[2] "The South African National Anthem: A History on Record". Augusta de Mist. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

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