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Words to Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

Cape Town - Don't do an Ard Matthews... get behind the Boks and learn the words to South Africa's national Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika.

Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika (Xhosa)
Maluphakanyisw’ uphondo lwayo,
(Xhosa)

Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
(Zulu)
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
(Zulu)

Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, Setjhaba sa, South Afrika.
(Entire verse is performed in Sesotho)

South Afrika!

Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,
(Entire verse is performed in Afrikaans)

Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
(Entire verse is performed in English)

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