The worst rendition of the South African National Anthem of all time.
Greetings Dramastrags 
I was watching some utube vids last night when I came a cross a compilation of of the worst Burgerland national anthem renditions of all time 
and it instantly brought me back to memory lane 13 years ago in 2009 when the absolute worst most atrocious version of the South African national anthem had been sung before! 
So the year is 2009! On 15 November, the RSA rugby team, the Springboks :marseysa:, are facing off against the frogs 
in the Test Match. It was a good season, and SA team had been doing reasonably well.
Scheduled to sing the South African anthem, was Ras Dumisani. And whoooooooooooooooooooooh boi, it was not Ayoba. Haibo boys, it was fricking KAK! A highschooler with a breaking voice would have sung it better.
"In 2009, Ras Dumisani was asked to sing the national anthem for South Africa before the Springboks took on hosts France, a match they would go on to lose 20-13. Though the Springboks would have been left deflated after their defeat, they certainly did not receive any inspiration before the clash from Dumisani. He struggled to hold a note and he seemed to have no idea what the anthem should actually sound like."
I remember the good old days of physical newspapers, where my father or older male family members would give me R20 each sunday for me and/or sister to go down too the cafe and buy them a newspaper, and keep the change as reward. And if there was a notable event that week, he would call us and read out loud the country's latest corruption/shenanigans. That November, the Sunday after the Test match was national drama and sneed after what was considered by the entire rainbow nation, by all of its races, by all of its physical newspapers and fledgling social media, as the absofucinglute woooorst national anthem ever sung by man's lips 
I remember vividly the front page Rapport afrikaans newspaper having a short and column written in the sports section, where literally NOTHING was mentioned regarding the events taken during the match, just 5 paragraphs detailing this controversy and its outlandishness. With a single fricking sentence following the drama, as if in summation: the Boks lost 20-13 
implying the kak singing was the primary cause of the lose.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/16/ras-dumisani-south-african-anthem
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It was not just bad. It was not-knowing-where-to-look bad. And the man responsible is rapidly becoming public enemy number one in South Africa.
Reggae singer Ras Dumisani mauled, mutilated and murdered the national anthem in a hilariously off-key rendition before South Africa played France in a rugby international last Friday.
Some fans in Toulouse were in fits of laughter, but the Springboks players looked incredulous during the sub-karaoke wailing and later complained that it robbed them of inspiration.
Unfortunately for Dumisani, who was flanked by two bongo players, South Africa takes rugby very seriously. Outraged critics are blaming him for their team's 20-13 defeat in a heated national debate that is escalating in newspapers, radio stations and Facebook, where one group is called "Ban Ras Dumisani From Ever Singing Again" 
The South African Rugby Union has written to its French counterpart to complain 
that Dumisani's tuneless attempt at Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika ("God Bless Africa" in Xhosa) was "absolutely disrespectful". This is despite his name having been on a shortlist of artists drawn up by the South African embassy in Paris.
Even politicians, normally preoccupied with crime, race and the economy, are piling in with strong opinions. The Congress of the People (remember these guys 
) called Dumisani's rendition a "vocal misfire", saying: "It looked as though it came right out of the blooper reel of a reality TV singing show."
The Young Communist League of South Africa said Dumisani was a "howler of note" and should sing "only in his shower". 
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There's a bunch of articles with lists of worst sung national anthems, but I personally believe none of the other artists can hold a candle to Ras Dumisani's bad performance, or had such a high profile public event involved.
https://www.enca.com/life/watch-worst-anthem-blunders
You get the idea.
Here it is by the ways - Ras Dumisani sings what he believes to be his beautiful version of the South African National Anthem, before the 20-13 Test match defeat to France.
Lol, Schalk Burger was a rough and tough player which was memed that he started destroying the opposition whenever he wen Hulk mode
Bryan Habana, perhaps the most infamous and best coloured Rugby player in all of SA history trying not to lose his shit
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SHIT KAK BURGERLAND NATIONAL ANTHEM RENDITIONS!!!!!!!!
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Iβve always found National Anthems very beautiful
which is why itβs so distressing that this is my first time hearing the Saffer one 
Iβm sure itβs lovely when the singer isnβt baked out of his mind
I also keep seeing references to βAfrikaans partβ and with the title itself being in Xhosa, I have to wonderβis it sung in multiple languages? That seems so cool but I feel like thereβs drama behind that somehow
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https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/national-anthems/south-africa-lyrics-two-songs/
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"South Africaβs national anthem combines new English lyrics with extracts from the 19th-century hymn βNkosi Sikelelβ iAfrikaβ and the Afrikaans song βDie Stem van Suid-Afrikaβ.
βNkosi Sikelelβ iAfrika (Lord, Bless Africa)β is the official anthem of the African National Congress, while βDie Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa)β was the countryβs national anthem during Apartheid.
When South Africa won the Rugby World Cup back in 1995, the songs were as usual heard alongside each other β and the powers-that-be decided to finally acknowledge both songs as national anthems. Two years later, they merged into one song.
Today, South Africaβs anthem is the only neo-modal national anthem in the world, meaning it is the only one that starts in one key and finishes in another."
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It was a direct consequence of the Mandela Administration trying to heal bitter old wounds post-Apartheid by combining the languages of the 4 most dominant ethnic groups in SA, in the new "modern democratic rainbow nation". That was the intent. In 1995, the dominant groups, were Afrikaners English Bongs, Zulus and Xhosas. Zulus and Xhosas were by far the most populous, politically powerful and united of the black ethnic groups in SA. While Sethotho was the largest group with separate language overlap between different ethnic groups - like sotho, Pedi and Tswana
Additionally, just like Ukranian and Russian, dutch and Afrikaans, there is very large linguistic overlap between Xhosa/Zulu, and the other languages of black southern africa, like Sotho, Pedi and Tswana. Obviously it would take very long time for Pedis to speak Xhosa fluently, but the same way that afrikaners will have a deceisive edge in learning dutch from the ground up, compared to ANglophones.
Thus Sothos and Pedis, ect can easily follow the narrative of the Zulu and Xhosa portions of the national anthem (and vice versa), at least compared to mayos.
The anthem is structured as follows:
Language: isiXhosa and isiZulu
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God Bless Africa)
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo, (Raise high Her glory)
Yizwa imithandazo yethu, (Hear our Prayers)
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo
(God bless us, we her children)
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Language: Sesotho
Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso, (God protect our nation)
O fedise dintwa le matshwenyeho, (End all wars and tribulations)
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso, (Protect us, protect our nation)
Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika. (Our nation South Africa - South Africa)
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Language: Afrikaans
Uit die blou van onse hemel, (Ringing out from our blue heavens)
Uit die diepte van ons see, (From the depth of our seas)
Oor ons ewige gebergtes, (Over our everlasting mountains)
Waar die kranse antwoord gee, (Where the echoing crags resound)
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Language: English
Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
https://www.news24.com/news24/partnercontent/5-amazing-things-you-never-knew-about-the-south-african-national-anthem-20180928
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You sat down and wrote all this shit. You could have done so many other things with your life. What happened to your life that made you decide writing novels of bullshit here was the best option?
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Yeah
I have no regrets on any shit I type on rdrama! Somebody asked sincerely and I answered sincerely!
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Are you regretting not kissing carp ?
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I would kiss carp everyday!
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There's 4 parts, each in a different language. It's pretty neat and wholesome that the various ethnic groups in the country make an effort to sing all 4 parts
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