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 ...

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‚ ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

PRETORIA: South Africa’s haunting national anthem, Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrika (“God Save Africa”) was one of its most important new national symbols following the end of apartheid in 1994. But a raging ...

This weekend's Red Bull Cape Town circuit event saw former racing driver David Coulthard behind the wheel of the 2011 championship-winning RB7. The Scottish driver, who has 13 wins in the top tier of ...

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' ...