Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (English: The Call of South Africa) was the national anthem of South Africa from 1957 to 1994, and shared national anthem status with Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika until 1997, when a new hybrid anthem was adopted. It was also the anthem for South-West Africa (modern Namibia) under South African mandate until 1990.
Read more about Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika: Background, Lyrics
Famous quotes containing the words die, stem and/or van:
“On mourra seul. We shall die alone.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“All things seem mention of themselves
And the names which stem from them branch out to other referents.
Hugely, spring exists again.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“Language is a social art.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)