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22/05/95
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
I strongly believe that Nkosi Sikelela I-Africa should remain as the only
National Anthem of this country. My reasons for that are
as
follow:
Generally 8 out of 10 people know Nkosi Sikelela
i-Africa.
Secondly "Die Stem" represent oppression and apartheid. For all
these years the South African people (especially Blacks) were fighting
against
oppression, so by accepting "Die Stem" as our national anthem will encourage the
Afrikaners who want a Volkstaat to have
it.
By excluding "Die Stem" as
our national anthem will bring comfort amongst the people who want
transformation in this country.
I would be happy if "Nkosi Sikekela
i-Africa" should remain as our only national anthem.
Although I can be
regarded as deviating from the main issue (National anthem), I think my mention
of the following point will assist
to resolve the question of which national
anthem should we preserve. Recently there has been a call for change of the
names of South
African airports and to be given African names, but the
opposition from that, was that the African names would not attract the Foreign
investors. I think that was useless since the investors are being attracted by
the economy of the country and not by the names of
airports. In this regard I
want "Nkosikela I-Africa" to be these only national anthem.
Pardon me if
I have used harsh and racial discrimination words, but I was not intending to
hurt anybody.
JAMES T. MAVUSO
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