Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr, who recently caused a controversy by
singing the old national anthem at a music festival in Mbombela, has
repeated his actions by again singing Die Stem at the Afrikaans Club in
Australia.
Steve Hofmeyr included “Die Stem” in a recent show at the Afrikaans Club in Australia.
Beeld
reported on Monday that around 400 people stood up and sang along during
his 90-minute performance of Federation of Afrikaans Cultural
Associations (FAK) songs, which included “Die Stem”, in Adelaide on
Friday, according to Arno Nel, the organiser of Hofmeyr and his son
Armand’s tour to Australia and New Zealand.
People “hung onto his lips”, said Nel.
After the show Hofmeyr’s facebook page
included the message about what he called the “Die Stem Dilemma”
saying: “…With pride and homesickness. As one. Without warning.”
Hofmeyr was recently criticised
by some after he sang the old anthem, originally composed by Afrikaans
poet CJ Langenhoven at the Innibos arts festival.
The Economic Freedom Fighters
also reportedly called on Parliament for the “Die Stem” portion of the
current national anthem, which combines “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika”, first
composed by Enoch Sontonga and later used at political meetings, and
“Die Stem/The Call of South Africa”, to be scrapped.
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