Years later, I as a South African watch this video and appreciate this gentleman's view point, this song is a very symbolic and represents a myriad of historical factors, and for this reason and many others should be past from one generation to the next. Viva!!
Let’s forget those who think this song is controversial let’s focus on how the former President lead this song. No one in politics sings like the former President, honorable Jacob Zuma 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
Ernest Mathebula but she is a coconut, she is black or African on the outside in the inside she is white, the oppressive kind. So, anything that speaks of black or African emancipation is will be scary and controversial for her.
@Bantze Hotep And do you know why they don't want to go back? Because they were born there, lived there their whole lives like their ancestors that have been there for hundreds of years. It has nothing to do with your false argument that Europe is a bad place to live in. South Africa is a less developed country than all of the Central and Western European countries, including the post-communist ones. I would even argue that most of the Eastern European countries are doing better than SA as well. We have milions of black Africans living in different European countries. Why is that? Because they know they are much better off here than in any African country, SA included. I have nothing againts them living here peacefully, provided they don't cause any trouble and are willing to submit to our values and ways of life. And if I am to be honest, they really have no real right to be here, they were not born here, their ancestors have never lived here for hundreds of years, they are only here because of our benevolence. Why can't you show the same kind of benevolence to you white neighbours, when they have a lot bigger claim on the country than African people living here ever had as far as living in Europe is concerned. Last thing you should consider, you in fact don't want the white farmers to leave your country, unless of course you don't want to starve to death, and I believe you don't.
Point of correction , " His Excellency The President of the Republic of South Africa leads the congregation into revolutionary song at the funeral service of Nelson Mandela"
Just in case you don't know what the song says let me translate it: We, the black nation We are lamenting for our land. Our Land which was seized by the Whites Chorus: We say, Let them leave our Land x3 Verse2 The children of Africa are mourning, Mourning for their land. Their Land which was seized by the Whites.
bobby shabangu When whites firstly came into SA they just made refuelling stations, nothing more, they didn't seize anything, then they started to seize uninhabited lands, and then, shamefully, they taken most of your lands. It is not the same.
***** When I grew up I used to read in a history class that Dr David Livingston discovered the Victoria falls. I knew something was wrong with statement but I didn't know how to prove it until my grandfather told me that Livingston didn't discover a thing. He was the first European to see the Victoria falls not discover. In fact when the white man came he rewrote my history, introduced boarders then gave me the bible and told me that the lands where my cattle were grazing were unhibited and they belong to him now.
I love south Africans natural beauty an their love of their culture and their pride as Africans, i can say they are Africans who are proud to be Africans, long live their spirits
I wish my country Ghana once had a president that can sing like this! Dear South Africans, no matter the wrong Mr Zuma did, I believe he still has some outstanding positive records that can't be overlooked. "To forgive is divine and to err is human." No one is perfect! Peace be unto Africa!
You had the Father of independence, President Keame Nkrumah, may he continue his Heavenly RIP 🙏🏾🤲🏾👏🏾! He was a visionary. Xuma was a thief. And the ANC has not improved the lives of everday BLACK South Africans. I hope Julius Malema will one day be president, InshaAllah 🙏🏾🤲🏾.
You are right Mr. President Zuma was the best president of the people NOT of the West but for the people. He did so much more than former Presidents Mandela & Mbeki combined. Only critical thinkers acknowledge this. I’m not even Zulu but than man was my President ✊🏾
If President Zuma was not born is just a waste of "NINE WASTED YEARS " He was the by being push by hiden Tribalism and opportunists if you are you are DULL and EMBECILE minded nothing you can see...
Nothing is controversial about this song, it actually is what Tata Mandela would have loved. it is has substantial significance to the history and heritage of Black traditional chiefs (as Mandela was one of them), the political struggle and the greater masses at large. We cannot be expected to bow to the feelings of arrogant Afrikaners who cannot accept the realities of the scourge underwhich black people in Africa at large had to go through. this song is part of the political culture and social identity of the South Africans, both black and white, who understand its context and the meaning of conserving the heritage and social identity of our country.
Built houses , bridges, schools, universities, hospitals, fought labour brokers. He wasn't perfect yes but the masses weren't forgotten like Ramaphosa who only care about investors etc.
I had known this song from the film Amandla! and do not understand how it could be "controversial." It says "our children cry because white people took our land; may it be returned to the people." It is a remembrance of WHY there was a struggle in the first place. It is obviously in the style of a prayer hymn, a prayer that one day all things will be straightened out as they should be. This is the same as "We shall overcome" and the Christian prayer for the Kingdom of God on earth.
+Dennis Maher Please think a bit. You must choose a side. You must choose if ppl do own land, or do not. If they do ppl actually should have the same rights being white black yeloow or blue stripes. If they not own land then every thing is to everyone. If you say. This is the same question for international borders. Is just a human concept. It actually dont exist. We humans invented it. But you must see that no one does anything about it even if they are black or white leaders. Are we so much different then? Probably not. You have the same right to claim for what it's yours as other ppl. Many africans fleed from africa to europe along the years. This music has no logic to me. There are africans all around the world. Should they go all back do africa? We white ppl have to fleed from europe because of white persecution to other white ppl. Not trying to play the victim role here. We are all victims of our own shit. The ppl holding guns and power should be vanished from earth. They are the real problem. All other's are just poor innocents that try to do their living the best they can. These hate isnt good for humanity. There is plenty of room on Earth for all of us without killing eachother. I doubt there is room for anyone if we keep on fighting.
Rub anyone the wrong? It is my pain that I sing about. The Matter is not resolved!!! Why must I pretend to be a gentleman when I know I am being ransacked. It is time to defend and fight...
Controversial?? This song is very relevant considering what Mandela stood for. Its a very very powerful prayer..This woman does not even listen to what Mr Shubane says
and Mr Shubane referring to the message as an irritation to white folk that black people must consider stopping.... irritation? That's what I feel when I drive through old money neighborhoods on my less positive days.
nthabiseng ngoasheng I have heard that the San people sometimes feel a bit irritated when they go through the areas that migrating Bantu tribes violently took from them. But I guess we we don't talk about that right Nthabiseng? So much nicer to sit on a moral high horse and see yourself as a victim who's ancestors never wronged anyone.
wernerempire that could be some kind of trump card you just pulled. if it weren't for that I do not condone any inhumane methods of "conquering" that our less empathetic counterparts may have used... and if it weren't for what history relates to Me, that the San are very much a part of My bloodline. I am of African descent through and through. We have our history, and we have our own things to atone for. Just like Europe has its own history, and its own things to atone for. Until you see africans colonising europe on its home ground and pointing fingers about any European tribes that were conquered in the rise of your particular ones in a bid to make themselves feel like a small part of the problem: you really would do well to accept your descendant's deeds on this continent without looking to find a way to say: but you did this to those other Africans. It was our land then, we didn't share it nicely like we should have amongst ourselves. It is our land now, you included, because of the grace of some great men and women who have made it so despite their experiences. This new understanding we have, does Not wipe away the past. The people shall sing what is meaningful to them.
Appreciate your opposing inhumane means of conquering. I also agree each group has its own sins to atone for. It seems that in South Africa however we talk and act as if only one group (whites) have anything to atone for. You are a rare person that is willing to admit that black people may ever have done anything wrong. This means many people put themselves on a moral pedestal and don't feel the need for introspection. With regards to your other point. The rise of a pan-African or pan-European identity is a relatively recent phenomenon. Africans and Europeans had tribal identities for a very long time. The rise of the nation state is relatively recent (19th century) as is the concept of a pan- Eurpean identity. So the real issue we are talking about is tribes and or nation states taking land from each other for self enrichment. In that sense what difference is there between a war between the Franks and the Goths and the Zulus and the Xhosa's. Or the Dutch and the Xhosa's. Only the location and the colour of the skins differ. Essentially one group is dispossessing another. Do you consider the Berbers of North Africa to be African? If so the invasion of Spain by Tariq ibn Ziyad from North Africa, started an occupation that lasted 7 centuries. Have people from North Africa apologised for that? In the 16th - 18th century, Africans enslaved 1.5 million White Europeans in the Barbary Slave Trade. African Muslims raided up the coastlines of Europe, as far as Iceland, kidnapping and enslaving White European Christians. The men were galley slaves, and the women were sex slaves. My ancestors came here in 1672, and yet you say that I may only be here or call myself African because of the 'grace' of certain African leaders. These are the same leaders who never appologised for their violence against and dispossesion of non-Bantu/Nguni Africans. Does the same apply to black Africans who emigrate to Europe or America? How do you feel about Asians immigrating here. Are they also only allowed to call themselves South African because of the 'grace' of a black African? You seem like a reasonable person, but I still get the impression that at the end of the day you are still saying Africa for the ethnic black Nguni/Bantu only. All others whites, San, Khoi-Khoi, Asian - are not really wanted or accepted here.
@@wernerempireso are you telling me the san were closer to the white colonizers who exterminated them. Than the tswanas and the sothos who look almost identical to the san. You white colonizers must stop the games and the lies.
Still listening in 2021. Great job leading the country in a song that highlights the truth of the past. You honor Mendela by rubbing the comfortable people the wrong way
This is a protest song of a people who were crying for their land. The sad reality is that the message of this song still resonates with some of us today. The land that was stolen from black people has still not been restored back to its rightful owners. There can never be true reconciliation without redress of past imbalances. The enforcement of a collective amnesia on the majority of the people will not work. No matter how long it takes, the land shall be returned to its rightful owners.
Leave it to CNN International to start some isht. This song was spontaneously sung by supporters outside of the court after the verdict sentencing Nelson Mandela to life in prison was read. It is historical and absolutely appropriate for this gathering.
wernerempire Maybe you would be the best candidate to compose some songs for them Mr Hero. Let it be known that not all white people were evil during Colonisation and Apartheid and in the same breath not all black people have forgiven white people. Finish en klaar! People need to vent, to let out, to let it go! Not at some fast tracked speed that suits the government! Saying Im sorry will not bring back missing family members or limbs! This is what I think about the San vs the 'Bantu'.... All over Africa clans had a way of gaining land and making their armies bigger, by conquering their neighbours' land, women and etc... It was a family thing! Call it black on black violence if you like... But everyone knew how it happened and everyone was willing to fight and protect their land, until the last breath... Then the mess came in their ships and ruined it for everyone! Why couldnt they do it in their own lands? You will forever be bothered by black people because your soul knows what your home is like and where it is and yet you want to recreate it here in Africa, no bhuti go home. Where your elders lie. Khumbulekhaya! Your anger will dissolve. STop playing victim where whites are concerned but Mr Hero for the San people. I am sure that they are more than capable of speaking up. Like us.
So black on black genocide is cool with you. Just as long as it's not the whites doing it. Interesting. No wonder Africa will never be rid of black dictators like Idi Amin and Robert Mugabe oppressing their own people. It's because folks like you think that black on black oppression is a family thing which is just cool. I would urge you to reconsider. Please hold black tyrants to the same standards of accountability you demand from whites.
@@wernerempiregive me evidence mr white man. Because I never see actual san people spreading hatred on black south africans. Only white and coloured colonizers who want to divide and conquer. Black south Africans share a similar Capoid ancestor with the khoi and san. They are our brothers and sisters.
This song forces people of every race to acknowledge the atrocities committed in the recent past and it is for this reason, that this mournful harrowing song is abhorred by most, because it forces us to face the moments which history would have us forget. But true reconciliation can only be achieved through reflection. Stop being so angry all the time, God bless you all.
Mosuwe, although I agree with the sentiment of your message, I wonder why bantu people in South Africa have never apologized to the San people for violently driving them of their land. Surely that would be the decent thing to do even though it happened long ago? Could it be that be people prefer to view themselves as victims rather than perpetrators, as it gives them the moral high ground? I think all of us,black and white in SA have been guilty of that.
Weenerempire, First of all you've given me flashbacks with the use of the word "Bantu" direct translation humans or people. Which is all that black people in this country have ever sought to be Human, But an elitist minority (Divine law setting them as Guardians of a land allotted to them by Birthright and Conquest) sought to strip us not only of land and natural resources but our dignity, our Humanity. Secondly your theory is that since everybody is wrong, there is no victim and therefore no crime? The sad reality is that S.A has had its Truth and Reconciliation Committees, which goes to prove that it is easier to forgive than it is to forget.
No Mosuwe I think you have misunderstood my point. I never said there were no crimes or victims. What I am saying is that your and my ancestors have taken land from other people. If there are crimes then we are all guilty and should stop pointing fingers at others as if they are the ONLY guilty ones and we are perfect and innocent. This is what I feel many black people tend to do. Because they have predominantly been victims in relatively recent history, they think they are incapable of such behaviour, and even think that they could never do such things themselves. This leaves them with a false sense of their own lack of historical guilt, as well as their current capability for doing wrong. Just look at the corrupt behaviour of most African leaders in the AU at the expense of their own people. Yet they never get held to account, because 'blacks can only be victims'. Not perpetrators. This is the history of mankind. People acting in their own selfish interest. The reality is that South Africa was not your land when your Nguni ancestors arrived here many centuries ago, just as it was not my ancestors land when they arrived in the 1650's. Both our ancestors TOOK land. The acts are morally equivalent, just seperated by time. Yesterday the head of the San and Khoikhoi organisation in South Africa filed a claim with the government to claim ALL of South African land. What are you going to say to him? Lastly when my distant ancestor left Europe in 1670 to come to SA, it was because Holland was overpopulated. His driving force was economic. He would likely never have seen a black person before, so I doubt he was wringing his hands with glee at the chance to go and humiliate some black people in Africa. Rather he was desperate for a job. (the same kinds of forces of economics and warfare that caused your Nguni ancestors to be forced to migrate South). When he arrived here he worked as a gardener.... hardly a rich man. Am I saying all this to say whites never did anything wrong?Absolutey not. What I am simply asking for, is an acknowledgement that black people are capable of, and have historically done similar things.
Thats absolute rubbish. Dont come and use your divide and conquer techniques that have been long used by your ancestors to enslave the entire world. The Khoi people have lived in the western parts of southern Africa. There is no evidence of them living the the KZN and Mpumalanga. Lets not forget that the Khoi people are Africans. unlike settlers who came and killed their way into being oppressors
The commentors are to turnish President Zuma's image but Madiba is happy wherever he is because Zuma sang the song that made him to be arrested. Mandela was not alone when drafting the TRC and reconciliation.
Listened to the song 5 times already,i'm yet to hear controversy in the song,nc nc nc nc now every Tom, Dick, and Harry happens to have a say about our Country
A remembered moment of history the song of choice was appropriate as Mandela was a reflection of the past and present South Africa 🇿🇦. Thank you Mr President Jacob Zuma
People this are not controversial songs as you say. This are historical songs. They tell us about our struggle and fight for democracy. You only complain when it's done in Africa. Recently Oxford University, a prestigious school taught by renown intellects refuse to remove the statue of Rhode. Why? because they believe it's part of their history. So we will sing our liberation struggle songs where some people feel offended or not.
+STU is the land not Africans? Are we not the true inhabitants of the land? So, you'd be mad if Native Americans sung this song in the US too. Such ignorance. Never discovering always taking.
Kanyanga Eberhard, the song would be less controversial if Zuma had not sung about shooting and killing white people. Also, there are thousands being murdered for their skin color.
It will never be controversial to all of us South who knows South African History .It is a reminder and the lesson to all who want to know the story of Blacks during the colonization.
Surely President Msholozi you've been purposed and you have envisioned for the return of black man's land and truly you will prophesy that till your last breath as a Pan Africanist. Salute Baba, surely some of your works go ahead of you and some follow behind you.
The comment made by the female anchor about the song being inappropriate annoys me to the high heavens. Wanting reconciliation and inclusiveness doesn't mean that we need to act like everything is okay, hold hands and sing kumbaya. We might be free from apartheid rule but we are still oppressed economically...we are still on the back foot. Of course WE WANT OUR LAND BACK.
I want to learn this song. I must learn this song. I want to learn the song for itself, but if it irritates white settlers and refuses to accept land theft by whites of African lands: I am OBLIGED to learn it. The revolution has not been concluded. These CNN commentators can rot
I disagree with Mr. Shubane, who seems to suggest that in the next reconciliation, Black South Africans should stop singing the song because it irritates Afrikkaners. Tough. Apartheid did a lot more than irritate Blacks and Coloreds - it killed thousands of them in the name of racial superiority.
This is a very powerful song! And yes it is sung when a freedom fighter is being laid to rest. I am 110% Zulu. And I will gladly translate the song you'll The song is called "Thina Sizwe"/ us as the nation (the black nation to be precise) Thina sizwe esim'nyama( we as the black nation), sikhalela izwe lethu( we cry or weep for our country or land), elathathwa abamhlophe (that was taken from us by the white oppressors... Mabaw'yeke umhlaba wethu- (they must leave our country or land alone)!............................ how is this song controversial?? The lyrics are only facts, vele the truth hurts!
Oh come on people, there is nothing inapropriate in president Zuma singing this song. He is singing it in memory of his comrad, its not intended to offend anyone but as a reminder of what Rolihlahla Mandela and others like him rescued us from. This idea that black people must refrain from saying things that will rubb people the wrong way is just stupid. Reconciliation is not about forgerting the past. We have forgiven, but we will not forget; these songs are part of the very fabric of our journey to freedom, if anyone is offended by them its too bad.
Anthony VersterI don't give a shit what you call us. That's a reflection on you, not on black people. The song doesn't advocate violence, its actually a call to the apartheid government to stop the violence and treat everyone the same. If you think democracy is a shitty plan, then you have a serious problem. We already spent spent 300 years in subjugation, shame on us if we still avoid doing things because we don't want to offend some white supremacist idoiots.
Anthony Verster You are so CLUELESS. You must notice that all the African leaders who took care of black people's interest after the struggle against the White man always end up being called dictators, bad rulers and all that negative stuff. In reality, white people still possess the wealth and resources they stole during Colonisation and in the South African context, during colonisation and Apartheid. Therefore, when black governments get into power, they have to adress the imbalance of wealth by taking back the land, nationalising the mines, health, education and sometimes agriculture. When this happens, white people hate it and the so called powers of the world do everything in their power to make it look like we cannot rule ourselves. So the failing of African economies is not because black leaders cannot rule, it is because they genuinely take care of the black man's interests which is something America,and Britain HATE very much.
So even people who are oppressed feel that a song that tells the reality of the Black people is controversial.... shit we are loosing the intellectual battle.
I don't know why people offended by this song. Its time to take back what is rightfully there's. I salute the Great Ledgend Mr Nelson Mandela " Its seems impossible until it is done and it is done"
This is no where a song like this is inappropriate for this occasion. May they be reminded that Mandela lived this era and that was a perfect song to sing at the time. Get over yourselves people of ignorance.
How about the controversy of a black men having to pay more money for land in urban areas while the takers are having it at less cost n less interest rate?
Rhandza Mangwane South Africa would still be populated by barefoot, hut dwelling Zulus if the Whites hadn't shown up. If you get rid of them all, your infrastructure will collapse. Zimbabwe tried it, they went from being "the breadbasket of Africa," down to subsistence level farming. Now, they're begging the Whites to return. qz.com/458137/mugabe-is-asking-back-the-white-farmers-he-chased-away/
Rhandza Mangwane There's no mention of China in the Torah either, so? Africa didn't teach the West much, nor did Africans develop the modern technologies we depend on. If Africans ruled the world, we'd still be in the Stone Age. Barefoot hut dwellers.
***** you must be slow or illiterate, wait you're probably both. The technology you depend on is a recent thing, non of it existed in 23 B.C. The Torah carries history beyond 2000 B.C. The study of the oldest wonder of the world is Egyptology which has given your people careers as Egyptologists, they spend all their lives studying what our ancestors built; can be found in the Torah as well. Besides the African slaves were responsible for most of the innovations which were credited to their captors. It's basic son, the captor of the golden goose owns the golden egg the golden goose egg lays. You answer me this; why did the Europeans who invaded the US and took the land of the Native Americans not make those Native Americans their slaves. Why did they specifically go to West Africa, where the great Timbuktu was situated where the great Mansa Musa was, the home of civilization?
There can never be any compromise until the land is returned. If somebody breaks into your house,comes back and apologize, the best way to start that apology is to return the stolen goods then we talk about reconciliation. In fact there was never any genuine reconciliation without the subject of land reforms being at the core of those discussions.
WTF did this guy just say 😆 I can't believe he just said that 🤮 the audacity 🤢 I'm shocked 🤞 I didn't know this guy until this interview and that's all I'll ever know him of 💩
Every time I hear this song,I get very emotional 😢. It reminds me of the 1976 happenings in Soweto where I almost died in the violence against the imposing of Maths in Afrikaans teaching. I will never forget those days😢
The song unites us and is not controversial at all. We must remind each other that many of us are landless because of apartheid and colonialism. When we sing "Shosholoza" to cheer the springboks, they forget exactly what the song is about and pretend it's our 2nd national anthem. Izwe Lethu!
phoenixrising427 If knowing our history and having an intimate understanding of its effects to be able to come up with solutions for the future even beyond my own lifetime is being stuck in the dark, then i am not only stuck i am entrenched. Question, if that is being in the dark, what would being in the light be?
What is controverseas about the song? Zuma is stating a historical truth: Africans want their land that was taken by whites. The only problem is that he is just singing and has no intention and political will to restore the land to its rightful owners. This has been the ANC's position since 1994. The song is sung to fool those who are ignorant of the ANC's commitment to the continued dispossession of Africans.
Buti I absolutely agree with you. Maybe you can write a song for us in which the president sings about how sad he is about the land that bantu people violently took from the San when they arrived here from further up in Africa. But I never hear black people talk about that. I wonder why?
Are these people even from South Africa? What rubs me up the wrong way is when people from other nations assume to know the problems of our country. Judging by the fact that South Africa is the most unequal country in THE WORLD, there absolutely is no need for compromise from black people, saying things that rub people up the wrong way makes them uncomfortable and therefore encourages conversation and change... Never compromise your freedom black child
This is not controversial. This is a piece of history which should never be forgotten.
By that standard the confederate flag is too
Never to be forgotten
Why do you whites always want to deny documented history
@Mark Longkutoy why are you lying,Satan?Sies!
They kept slaves and killed people lol
This is our cry for our land that was taken by white men
It’s amazing how the truth is seen as Controversial ..... these days 🤣
Years later, I as a South African watch this video and appreciate this gentleman's view point, this song is a very symbolic and represents a myriad of historical factors, and for this reason and many others should be past from one generation to the next.
Viva!!
SA is a shithole mate
It's crazy that two black people think this song is controversial...
***** seriously if you don't like why you comment for nothing ? You acting like a kid... You are probably a very sad men with no life...Troll. Bye
Isha Sesay is what some black Americans would call a bed wench. Married a white man, not surprised.
It's moronic to be honest.
Prayerful song for people crying for their land...how the f is that controversial. SERIOUSLY!!!
Azuree Ingvild Hjøllund Beck thank God the world has moved on. No offence but FUCK OFF
Let’s forget those who think this song is controversial let’s focus on how the former President lead this song. No one in politics sings like the former President, honorable Jacob Zuma 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
Do you know Mbuyiseni Ndlonzi ?
The second black politician and leader we ever had
@@arthurmanqele7214 you are still young
He still do be a crap president
No one can sing like Dr Ndlozi ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
This reporter is misinformed.
Ernest Mathebula but she is a coconut, she is black or African on the outside in the inside she is white, the oppressive kind. So, anything that speaks of black or African emancipation is will be scary and controversial for her.
Or protecting her job.
Am Nigerian and I love this song and can relate to it
Omo naija
There's nothing controversial on this song.
Black people back to Africa.
@Bantze Hotep And do you know why they don't want to go back? Because they were born there, lived there their whole lives like their ancestors that have been there for hundreds of years. It has nothing to do with your false argument that Europe is a bad place to live in. South Africa is a less developed country than all of the Central and Western European countries, including the post-communist ones. I would even argue that most of the Eastern European countries are doing better than SA as well. We have milions of black Africans living in different European countries. Why is that? Because they know they are much better off here than in any African country, SA included. I have nothing againts them living here peacefully, provided they don't cause any trouble and are willing to submit to our values and ways of life. And if I am to be honest, they really have no real right to be here, they were not born here, their ancestors have never lived here for hundreds of years, they are only here because of our benevolence. Why can't you show the same kind of benevolence to you white neighbours, when they have a lot bigger claim on the country than African people living here ever had as far as living in Europe is concerned. Last thing you should consider, you in fact don't want the white farmers to leave your country, unless of course you don't want to starve to death, and I believe you don't.
@Bantze Hotep I dont think the lands which they now own has originally been in the hands of black African people in the first place.
@@lukasbartl7740 it belonged to who land police?
@@lukasbartl7740 wow really, ignorance in this 😑
This song is not controversial, it is a song of pain - This song is for us, those who felt the injustices of the past.
Yes comrade ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
You mean the songs of terrorists
get over it.
@@jhonklan3794when the last Boer is returned to the Netherlands
i dont see anything wrong with the song. i understand each and every verse.
There is a big mistake: this song is a protest against the injustice.
I love the song and I love Zuma for leading it properly.✊
What did he and the ANC due significantly to improve the lives of BLACK South Africans? He looked out for Indians. I'm referring to Zuma, not Madiba.
Our president is a good singer... Just listen to his voice
😂😂
Point of correction , " His Excellency The President of the Republic of South Africa leads the congregation into revolutionary song at the funeral service of Nelson Mandela"
Thank you for the correction
Yes 🙌
His excellency is in prison.
And you were saying
Just in case you don't know what the song says let me translate it:
We, the black nation
We are lamenting for our land.
Our Land which was seized by the Whites
Chorus:
We say, Let them leave our Land x3
Verse2
The children of Africa are mourning,
Mourning for their land.
Their Land which was seized by the Whites.
Thanks brother
bobby shabangu When whites firstly came into SA they just made refuelling stations, nothing more, they didn't seize anything, then they started to seize uninhabited lands, and then, shamefully, they taken most of your lands. It is not the same.
***** When I grew up I used to read in a history class that Dr David Livingston discovered the Victoria falls. I knew something was wrong with statement but I didn't know how to prove it until my grandfather told me that Livingston didn't discover a thing. He was the first European to see the Victoria falls not discover. In fact when the white man came he rewrote my history, introduced boarders then gave me the bible and told me that the lands where my cattle were grazing were unhibited and they belong to him now.
***** but who thought you our history ?
Mazwi Mnguni Books and personal researches of both "sides" trying to make history theirs.
This song means a lot to us black 🖤 South African...
What’s the name of the song?
Absolutely beautiful, I can hear it in my soul
@@realballa08thina sizwe
Anyone comment about the wonderful choir backing up the president. Aint they just wonderful?
This song literally mourns how colonists stole black African land! How's that controversial?
I love south Africans natural beauty an their love of their culture and their pride as Africans, i can say they are Africans who are proud to be Africans, long live their spirits
Thank you brother
even though I'm from West Africa I have always loved this song, Mandela & biko
+Fredericka Rowland x I am African-Native American. This is my first time hearing this song. It is inspiring. RESPECT.
Fredericka Rowland West Africa? As in South West Africa (Namibia)?
Prins van Oranje no freetown, sierra leone
Fredericka Rowland He was my neighbour and a selfish sellout. I know him personally and not through T.V as many.
Am Nigerian and I love this song and can relate to it
I wish my country Ghana once had a president that can sing like this!
Dear South Africans, no matter the wrong Mr Zuma did, I believe he still has some outstanding positive records that can't be overlooked.
"To forgive is divine and to err is human."
No one is perfect!
Peace be unto Africa!
You had the Father of independence, President Keame Nkrumah, may he continue his Heavenly RIP 🙏🏾🤲🏾👏🏾! He was a visionary. Xuma was a thief. And the ANC has not improved the lives of everday BLACK South Africans. I hope Julius Malema will one day be president, InshaAllah 🙏🏾🤲🏾.
You are right Mr. President Zuma was the best president of the people NOT of the West but for the people. He did so much more than former Presidents Mandela & Mbeki combined. Only critical thinkers acknowledge this. I’m not even Zulu but than man was my President ✊🏾
If President Zuma was not born is just a waste of "NINE WASTED YEARS " He was the by being push by hiden Tribalism and opportunists if you are you are DULL and EMBECILE minded nothing you can see...
Zuma only did wrong in the eyes of white people
Nothing is controversial about this song, it actually is what Tata Mandela would have loved. it is has substantial significance to the history and heritage of Black traditional chiefs (as Mandela was one of them), the political struggle and the greater masses at large. We cannot be expected to bow to the feelings of arrogant Afrikaners who cannot accept the realities of the scourge underwhich black people in Africa at large had to go through. this song is part of the political culture and social identity of the South Africans, both black and white, who understand its context and the meaning of conserving the heritage and social identity of our country.
Never has there been a time where this song is more relevant
2021 I'm still watching this ❤️. we once had a real President
Disagree. What did Zuma do for struggling BLACK South Africans? I'll wait.
Built houses , bridges, schools, universities, hospitals, fought labour brokers. He wasn't perfect yes but the masses weren't forgotten like Ramaphosa who only care about investors etc.
Even some Black Americans still sing "Anti-Slavery" song.
I had known this song from the film Amandla! and do not understand how it could be "controversial." It says "our children cry because white people took our land; may it be returned to the people." It is a remembrance of WHY there was a struggle in the first place. It is obviously in the style of a prayer hymn, a prayer that one day all things will be straightened out as they should be. This is the same as "We shall overcome" and the Christian prayer for the Kingdom of God on earth.
+Dennis Maher Please think a bit. You must choose a side. You must choose if ppl do own land, or do not. If they do ppl actually should have the same rights being white black yeloow or blue stripes. If they not own land then every thing is to everyone. If you say.
This is the same question for international borders. Is just a human concept. It actually dont exist. We humans invented it. But you must see that no one does anything about it even if they are black or white leaders.
Are we so much different then? Probably not. You have the same right to claim for what it's yours as other ppl. Many africans fleed from africa to europe along the years. This music has no logic to me. There are africans all around the world. Should they go all back do africa? We white ppl have to fleed from europe because of white persecution to other white ppl. Not trying to play the victim role here. We are all victims of our own shit.
The ppl holding guns and power should be vanished from earth. They are the real problem. All other's are just poor innocents that try to do their living the best they can. These hate isnt good for humanity. There is plenty of room on Earth for all of us without killing eachother. I doubt there is room for anyone if we keep on fighting.
i think they confuse the song with the "kill the boer one"
True Mr Dennis, thanks for speaking the truth
Thank you sir
So when are we gonna song the song of how the black tribes stole the land from the native Khoi when the black tribes came from Middle Africa
Thanks JZ for singing the Song.
Rub anyone the wrong? It is my pain that I sing about. The Matter is not resolved!!! Why must I pretend to be a gentleman when I know I am being ransacked. It is time to defend and fight...
Controversial?? This song is very relevant considering what Mandela stood for. Its a very very powerful prayer..This woman does not even listen to what Mr Shubane says
and Mr Shubane referring to the message as an irritation to white folk that black people must consider stopping.... irritation? That's what I feel when I drive through old money neighborhoods on my less positive days.
nthabiseng ngoasheng
I have heard that the San people sometimes feel a bit irritated when they go through the areas that migrating Bantu tribes violently took from them. But I guess we we don't talk about that right Nthabiseng? So much nicer to sit on a moral high horse and see yourself as a victim who's ancestors never wronged anyone.
wernerempire that could be some kind of trump card you just pulled. if it weren't for that I do not condone any inhumane methods of "conquering" that our less empathetic counterparts may have used... and if it weren't for what history relates to Me, that the San are very much a part of My bloodline. I am of African descent through and through. We have our history, and we have our own things to atone for. Just like Europe has its own history, and its own things to atone for. Until you see africans colonising europe on its home ground and pointing fingers about any European tribes that were conquered in the rise of your particular ones in a bid to make themselves feel like a small part of the problem: you really would do well to accept your descendant's deeds on this continent without looking to find a way to say: but you did this to those other Africans. It was our land then, we didn't share it nicely like we should have amongst ourselves. It is our land now, you included, because of the grace of some great men and women who have made it so despite their experiences. This new understanding we have, does Not wipe away the past. The people shall sing what is meaningful to them.
Appreciate your opposing inhumane means of conquering. I also agree each group has its own sins to atone for. It seems that in South Africa however we talk and act as if only one group (whites) have anything to atone for. You are a rare person that is willing to admit that black people may ever have done anything wrong. This means many people put themselves on a moral pedestal and don't feel the need for introspection. With regards to your other point. The rise of a pan-African or pan-European identity is a relatively recent phenomenon. Africans and Europeans had tribal identities for a very long time. The rise of the nation state is relatively recent (19th century) as is the concept of a pan- Eurpean identity. So the real issue we are talking about is tribes and or nation states taking land from each other for self enrichment. In that sense what difference is there between a war between the Franks and the Goths and the Zulus and the Xhosa's. Or the Dutch and the Xhosa's. Only the location and the colour of the skins differ. Essentially one group is dispossessing another. Do you consider the Berbers of North Africa to be African? If so the invasion of Spain by Tariq ibn Ziyad from North Africa, started an occupation that lasted 7 centuries. Have people from North Africa apologised for that? In the 16th - 18th century, Africans enslaved 1.5 million White Europeans in the Barbary Slave Trade. African Muslims raided up the coastlines of Europe, as far as Iceland, kidnapping and enslaving White European Christians. The men were galley slaves, and the women were sex slaves. My ancestors came here in 1672, and yet you say that I may only be here or call myself African because of the 'grace' of certain African leaders. These are the same leaders who never appologised for their violence against and dispossesion of non-Bantu/Nguni Africans. Does the same apply to black Africans who emigrate to Europe or America? How do you feel about Asians immigrating here. Are they also only allowed to call themselves South African because of the 'grace' of a black African? You seem like a reasonable person, but I still get the impression that at the end of the day you are still saying Africa for the ethnic black Nguni/Bantu only. All others whites, San, Khoi-Khoi, Asian - are not really wanted or accepted here.
@@wernerempireso are you telling me the san were closer to the white colonizers who exterminated them.
Than the tswanas and the sothos who look almost identical to the san.
You white colonizers must stop the games and the lies.
I love this song.
Still listening in 2021. Great job leading the country in a song that highlights the truth of the past. You honor Mendela by rubbing the comfortable people the wrong way
Puppets we see you!
What's controversial about this song?
This is a protest song of a people who were crying for their land. The sad reality is that the message of this song still resonates with some of us today. The land that was stolen from black people has still not been restored back to its rightful owners. There can never be true reconciliation without redress of past imbalances. The enforcement of a collective amnesia on the majority of the people will not work. No matter how long it takes, the land shall be returned to its rightful owners.
blablablabla the end!
8 years later and it's the opposite now
Who are still crying for their land and injustice taking place among farm workers
Leave it to CNN International to start some isht. This song was spontaneously sung by supporters outside of the court after the verdict sentencing Nelson Mandela to life in prison was read. It is historical and absolutely appropriate for this gathering.
Do you know any sad, historically appropriate songs mourning the dispossession of the San by the Bantu tribes Daryl?
wernerempire Maybe you would be the best candidate to compose some songs for them Mr Hero. Let it be known that not all white people were evil during Colonisation and Apartheid and in the same breath not all black people have forgiven white people. Finish en klaar! People need to vent, to let out, to let it go! Not at some fast tracked speed that suits the government! Saying Im sorry will not bring back missing family members or limbs! This is what I think about the San vs the 'Bantu'.... All over Africa clans had a way of gaining land and making their armies bigger, by conquering their neighbours' land, women and etc... It was a family thing! Call it black on black violence if you like... But everyone knew how it happened and everyone was willing to fight and protect their land, until the last breath... Then the mess came in their ships and ruined it for everyone! Why couldnt they do it in their own lands? You will forever be bothered by black people because your soul knows what your home is like and where it is and yet you want to recreate it here in Africa, no bhuti go home. Where your elders lie. Khumbulekhaya! Your anger will dissolve. STop playing victim where whites are concerned but Mr Hero for the San people. I am sure that they are more than capable of speaking up. Like us.
So black on black genocide is cool with you. Just as long as it's not the whites doing it. Interesting. No wonder Africa will never be rid of black dictators like Idi Amin and Robert Mugabe oppressing their own people. It's because folks like you think that black on black oppression is a family thing which is just cool. I would urge you to reconsider. Please hold black tyrants to the same standards of accountability you demand from whites.
@@wernerempiregive me evidence mr white man.
Because I never see actual san people spreading hatred on black south africans.
Only white and coloured colonizers who want to divide and conquer.
Black south Africans share a similar Capoid ancestor with the khoi and san.
They are our brothers and sisters.
Love the song very much! Let's sing these songs to keep remembering where we come from, lest we forget!!!
This song forces people of every race to acknowledge the atrocities committed in the recent past and it is for this reason, that this mournful harrowing song is abhorred by most, because it forces us to face the moments which history would have us forget. But true reconciliation can only be achieved through reflection.
Stop being so angry all the time, God bless you all.
Mosuwe, although I agree with the sentiment of your message, I wonder why bantu people in South Africa have never apologized to the San people for violently driving them of their land. Surely that would be the decent thing to do even though it happened long ago? Could it be that be people prefer to view themselves as victims rather than perpetrators, as it gives them the moral high ground? I think all of us,black and white in SA have been guilty of that.
Weenerempire, First of all you've given me flashbacks with the use of the word "Bantu" direct translation humans or people.
Which is all that black people in this country have ever sought to be Human,
But an elitist minority (Divine law setting them as Guardians of a land allotted to them by Birthright and Conquest) sought to strip us not only of land and natural resources but our dignity, our Humanity.
Secondly your theory is that since everybody is wrong, there is no victim and therefore no crime?
The sad reality is that S.A has had its Truth and Reconciliation Committees, which goes to prove that it is easier to forgive than it is to forget.
No Mosuwe I think you have misunderstood my point. I never said there were no crimes or victims. What I am saying is that your and my ancestors have taken land from other people.
If there are crimes then we are all guilty and should stop pointing fingers at others as if they are the ONLY guilty ones and we are perfect and innocent. This is what I feel many black people tend to do. Because they have predominantly been victims in relatively recent history, they think they are incapable of such behaviour, and even think that they could never do such things themselves. This leaves them with a false sense of their own lack of historical guilt, as well as their current capability for doing wrong. Just look at the corrupt behaviour of most African leaders in the AU at the expense of their own people. Yet they never get held to account, because 'blacks can only be victims'. Not perpetrators.
This is the history of mankind. People acting in their own selfish interest. The reality is that South Africa was not your land when your Nguni ancestors arrived here many centuries ago, just as it was not my ancestors land when they arrived in the 1650's. Both our ancestors TOOK land. The acts are morally equivalent, just seperated by time. Yesterday the head of the San and Khoikhoi organisation in South Africa filed a claim with the government to claim ALL of South African land. What are you going to say to him?
Lastly when my distant ancestor left Europe in 1670 to come to SA, it was because Holland was overpopulated. His driving force was economic. He would likely never have seen a black person before, so I doubt he was wringing his hands with glee at the chance to go and humiliate some black people in Africa. Rather he was desperate for a job. (the same kinds of forces of economics and warfare that caused your Nguni ancestors to be forced to migrate South). When he arrived here he worked as a gardener.... hardly a rich man.
Am I saying all this to say whites never did anything wrong?Absolutey not. What I am simply asking for, is an acknowledgement that black people are capable of, and have historically done similar things.
Thats absolute rubbish. Dont come and use your divide and conquer techniques that have been long used by your ancestors to enslave the entire world. The Khoi people have lived in the western parts of southern Africa. There is no evidence of them living the the KZN and Mpumalanga. Lets not forget that the Khoi people are Africans. unlike settlers who came and killed their way into being oppressors
The commentors are to turnish President Zuma's image but Madiba is happy wherever he is because Zuma sang the song that made him to be arrested.
Mandela was not alone when drafting the TRC and reconciliation.
Listened to the song 5 times already,i'm yet to hear controversy in the song,nc nc nc nc now every Tom, Dick, and Harry happens to have a say about our Country
This song is not controversial, he's just stating the plain truth
A remembered moment of history the song of choice was appropriate as Mandela was a reflection of the past and present South Africa 🇿🇦. Thank you Mr President Jacob Zuma
People this are not controversial songs as you say. This are historical songs. They tell us about our struggle and fight for democracy. You only complain when it's done in Africa. Recently Oxford University, a prestigious school taught by renown intellects refuse to remove the statue of Rhode. Why? because they believe it's part of their history. So we will sing our liberation struggle songs where some people feel offended or not.
+STU is the land not Africans? Are we not the true inhabitants of the land? So, you'd be mad if Native Americans sung this song in the US too. Such ignorance. Never discovering always taking.
then can i sing Die Stem?
Kanyanga Eberhard, the song would be less controversial if Zuma had not sung about shooting and killing white people. Also, there are thousands being murdered for their skin color.
the stem isnt controversial either
Thank you
This song is more like a prayer song to us black people....Please leave black people alone
Controversial for who, indeed the land must be left alone, it indeed belongs to no man alone ...
OH! A global icon, Hero of the nation, He made himself a ransom for South Africa to be a better place. No patriot that we can compare with him.
It will never be controversial to all of us South who knows South African History .It is a reminder and the lesson to all who want to know the story of Blacks during the colonization.
Controversial or not.....we'll continue singing it
Surely President Msholozi you've been purposed and you have envisioned for the return of black man's land and truly you will prophesy that till your last breath as a Pan Africanist.
Salute Baba, surely some of your works go ahead of you and some follow behind you.
The comment made by the female anchor about the song being inappropriate annoys me to the high heavens. Wanting reconciliation and inclusiveness doesn't mean that we need to act like everything is okay, hold hands and sing kumbaya. We might be free from apartheid rule but we are still oppressed economically...we are still on the back foot. Of course WE WANT OUR LAND BACK.
What a humble song by my president 👌👍
I want to learn this song. I must learn this song. I want to learn the song for itself, but if it irritates white settlers and refuses to accept land theft by whites of African lands: I am OBLIGED to learn it. The revolution has not been concluded.
These CNN commentators can rot
+Lowell Denny Hey I'm white and for me it's totally okay. It's just about the history. Nobody actually thinks it should be the case today.
***** Yeah that's just some of them. Not all black people work together or are the same brah.
***** Lol I never said the murders or White genocide was okay. Just that not every black person does it
***** Neither side is in te right, Let's just forget about the past and move on as equals.
lala lova And which side is that?
Nothing controversial about this song at all. It remains relevant as long as long as land remains in those thugs.
I disagree with Mr. Shubane, who seems to suggest that in the next reconciliation, Black South Africans should stop singing the song because it irritates Afrikkaners. Tough. Apartheid did a lot more than irritate Blacks and Coloreds - it killed thousands of them in the name of racial superiority.
+royalcourtier Lol
This is a very powerful song! And yes it is sung when a freedom fighter is being laid to rest. I am 110% Zulu. And I will gladly translate the song you'll
The song is called "Thina Sizwe"/ us as the nation (the black nation to be precise)
Thina sizwe esim'nyama( we as the black nation), sikhalela izwe lethu( we cry or weep for our country or land), elathathwa abamhlophe (that was taken from us by the white oppressors...
Mabaw'yeke umhlaba wethu- (they must leave our country or land alone)!............................
how is this song controversial?? The lyrics are only facts, vele the truth hurts!
philile mchunu Thank you for translating. I've heard the song before,but being an American black, didn't know the words. Beautiful truth!
philile mchunu also, unfortunately many people still do not understand European colonialism and imperialism and its effect it is still having today.
Dont even bother translating for them. Why should we learn their langauges while they dont learn ours
Damn Juma - what a voice😀
Zuma talks LEFT but walks RIGHT.
nipho91 The whole bloody ANC
Indeed this is a great song and must remembered. It is not contravention
Oh come on people, there is nothing inapropriate in president Zuma singing this song. He is singing it in memory of his comrad, its not intended to offend anyone but as a reminder of what Rolihlahla Mandela and others like him rescued us from. This idea that black people must refrain from saying things that will rubb people the wrong way is just stupid. Reconciliation is not about forgerting the past. We have forgiven, but we will not forget; these songs are part of the very fabric of our journey to freedom, if anyone is offended by them its too bad.
Anthony VersterI don't give a shit what you call us. That's a reflection on you, not on black people. The song doesn't advocate violence, its actually a call to the apartheid government to stop the violence and treat everyone the same. If you think democracy is a shitty plan, then you have a serious problem. We already spent spent 300 years in subjugation, shame on us if we still avoid doing things because we don't want to offend some white supremacist idoiots.
Anthony Verster but at the end of the day 80% of african land is still on EUROPIAN hands.....so that is ok with you???
Anthony Verster You are so CLUELESS. You must notice that all the African leaders who took care of black people's interest after the struggle against the White man always end up being called dictators, bad rulers and all that negative stuff. In reality, white people still possess the wealth and resources they stole during Colonisation and in the South African context, during colonisation and Apartheid. Therefore, when black governments get into power, they have to adress the imbalance of wealth by taking back the land, nationalising the mines, health, education and sometimes agriculture. When this happens, white people hate it and the so called powers of the world do everything in their power to make it look like we cannot rule ourselves. So the failing of African economies is not because black leaders cannot rule, it is because they genuinely take care of the black man's interests which is something America,and Britain HATE very much.
So even people who are oppressed feel that a song that tells the reality of the Black people is controversial.... shit we are loosing the intellectual battle.
Mistep?That young lady doesn't know what those Africans have been through.Sing on,folks.
I don't know why people offended by this song. Its time to take back what is rightfully there's. I salute the Great Ledgend Mr Nelson Mandela " Its seems impossible until it is done and it is done"
Great Ann! So you're saying the San should take back the land from white and bantu people. I'm with you girl!
controversial to who? suddenly the truth becomes controversial
If I could I'd throw a middle finger @ this reporter😡
This is no where a song like this is inappropriate for this occasion. May they be reminded that Mandela lived this era and that was a perfect song to sing at the time. Get over yourselves people of ignorance.
How about the controversy of a black men having to pay more money for land in urban areas while the takers are having it at less cost n less interest rate?
We are the sons of the soil, #HumbleAfrican
+Phila PJ Ncwane < Makes sense, I always wondered where the color came from.
+Phila PJ Ncwane Actually in South Africa at least wouldn't that be white people? Boer, Farmer, person of the land
Rhandza Mangwane South Africa would still be populated by barefoot, hut dwelling Zulus if the Whites hadn't shown up. If you get rid of them all, your infrastructure will collapse. Zimbabwe tried it, they went from being "the breadbasket of Africa," down to subsistence level farming. Now, they're begging the Whites to return. qz.com/458137/mugabe-is-asking-back-the-white-farmers-he-chased-away/
Rhandza Mangwane There's no mention of China in the Torah either, so? Africa didn't teach the West much, nor did Africans develop the modern technologies we depend on. If Africans ruled the world, we'd still be in the Stone Age. Barefoot hut dwellers.
***** you must be slow or illiterate, wait you're probably both. The technology you depend on is a recent thing, non of it existed in 23 B.C. The Torah carries history beyond 2000 B.C. The study of the oldest wonder of the world is Egyptology which has given your people careers as Egyptologists, they spend all their lives studying what our ancestors built; can be found in the Torah as well.
Besides the African slaves were responsible for most of the innovations which were credited to their captors. It's basic son, the captor of the golden goose owns the golden egg the golden goose egg lays.
You answer me this; why did the Europeans who invaded the US and took the land of the Native Americans not make those Native Americans their slaves. Why did they specifically go to West Africa, where the great Timbuktu was situated where the great Mansa Musa was, the home of civilization?
There can never be any compromise until the land is returned. If somebody breaks into your house,comes back and apologize, the best way to start that apology is to return the stolen goods then we talk about reconciliation. In fact there was never any genuine reconciliation without the subject of land reforms being at the core of those discussions.
Best song for 2013 and beyond
Please the name of the song???? i really want to download it
Thina Sizwe
Ngiyalithanda lelihubo(Love this hymn)
WTF did this guy just say 😆 I can't believe he just said that 🤮 the audacity 🤢 I'm shocked 🤞 I didn't know this guy until this interview and that's all I'll ever know him of 💩
It causes irritation to the land thieves not to natives.
Controversial?! Get outta here! It's a song to move mountains.
We love you msholozi✊🏻
This was beautiful!!
Every time I hear this song,I get very emotional 😢. It reminds me of the 1976 happenings in Soweto where I almost died in the violence against the imposing of Maths in Afrikaans teaching.
I will never forget those days😢
yah, the impact of apartheid will never be forgetten
That's why your country is going down the drain and all their Parliament!
The only President that is humble enough to sing.
Everything is unfolding now ☹️
Real RESPECT for the man.
We still want our Land from the boers
How and why is this controversial???
What is controversial about saying; " We are crying for out land that was taken by others".
He'll with stealing being called controversial....😢
I don't know any other president who sings better than this!
The song unites us and is not controversial at all. We must remind each other that many of us are landless because of apartheid and colonialism. When we sing "Shosholoza" to cheer the springboks, they forget exactly what the song is about and pretend it's our 2nd national anthem. Izwe Lethu!
What's wrong with this song???
Absolutely nothing.
AfircaUhuru777 still stuck in the dark comrade?
phoenixrising427 If knowing our history and having an intimate understanding of its effects to be able to come up with solutions for the future even beyond my own lifetime is being stuck in the dark, then i am not only stuck i am entrenched. Question, if that is being in the dark, what would being in the light be?
+Musa Zwane What's wrong with your heads?
are you so ignorant?
This is our National Anthem✊🏽
I'm wonder if he knew he will be in jail
CNN please leave Zuma alone
What is controverseas about the song? Zuma is stating a historical truth: Africans want their land that was taken by whites. The only problem is that he is just singing and has no intention and political will to restore the land to its rightful owners. This has been the ANC's position since 1994. The song is sung to fool those who are ignorant of the ANC's commitment to the continued dispossession of Africans.
Buti I absolutely agree with you. Maybe you can write a song for us in which the president sings about how sad he is about the land that bantu people violently took from the San when they arrived here from further up in Africa. But I never hear black people talk about that. I wonder why?
wernerempire there is no such thing
Not controversial at all. This is a perfect representation of the life of Mandela
❤proudly south African
On of the Best moments in our lifetime
He sang it very well. Zuma is a good singer
Ain’t nothing controversial about this song coz it’s the truth
Arguably one of the most prolific moments of his presidency.
No leadership would have sang this song. President Zuma was very brave to sing it in this gathering...
They sure can sing!!
I still would like to be enlightened as to what’s controversial about this song???
oh! the son of soil, thank you tata, South Africa lost, icon, Patriot and our hero, you remind us back.
Are these people even from South Africa? What rubs me up the wrong way is when people from other nations assume to know the problems of our country. Judging by the fact that South Africa is the most unequal country in THE WORLD, there absolutely is no need for compromise from black people, saying things that rub people up the wrong way makes them uncomfortable and therefore encourages conversation and change... Never compromise your freedom black child
It’s not controversial. It’s South African history.
There is nothing controversial about this song.