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Die Stem
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English
Etymology
From en af Die Stem the voice.
Proper noun
- 1
The Call of South Africa.
en https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-194475541.html 2009 Post South Africa Babenia refused to sing Die Stem, South Africa's former national anthem, despite then President Nelson Mandela requesting people to do. 'Natoo' says no to Die Stem 1 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180919061928/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-194475541.html 19 September 2018
en The Day PW Made Us Sing "Die Stem" at Kruger's Swiss House 2009 Cape Times South Africa The Day PW Made Us Sing "Die Stem" at Kruger's Swiss House https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-201541866.html 1 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094335/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-201541866.html 19 September 2018
en 'Apologise' for Die Stem The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain, SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday. Sport24 South Africa 2012 https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Apologise-for-Die-Stem-20120606 https://web.archive.org/web/20190827154234/https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Apologise-for-Die-Stem-20120606 27 August 2019
en 2012 The Road To London Is Paved With Olympic Gaffes All Things Considered NPR "Die Stem" is South Africa's old anthem, the one used during the apartheid era. https://www.npr.org/2012/06/08/154600994/the-road-to-london-is-paved-with-olympic-gaffes Robert Siegel https://web.archive.org/web/20251026053720/https://www.npr.org/2012/06/08/154600994/the-road-to-london-is-paved-with-olympic-gaffes 26 October 2025
en Steve Hofmeyr, "Die Stem" and living in the past https://mg.co.za/article/2014-07-16-die-stem-steve-hofmeyr-and-a-die-hard-sense-of-idealism Steve Hofmeyr, 'Die Stem' and living in the past Dawjee Haji Mohamed Mail & Guardian South Africa 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20251204152010/https://mg.co.za/article/2014-07-16-die-stem-steve-hofmeyr-and-a-die-hard-sense-of-idealism/ 4 December 2025
en http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2015/09/27/eff-missing-plot-die-stem/ EFF 'missing the plot' on Die Stem HeraldLIVE 2015 South Africa EFF "missing the plot" on Die Stem 1 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180909104452/http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2015/09/27/eff-missing-plot-die-stem 9 September 2018
en https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-430570714.html 2015 Why I Choose to Sing Die Stem Why I Choose to Sing Die Stem The Sunday Independent South Africa 1 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180919061921/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-430570714.html 19 September 2018
en https://www.thesouthafrican.com/eff-calls-for-removal-of-die-stem-on-120th-anniversary-of-enoch-sontongas-death/ EFF calls for removal of Die Stem on 120th anniversary of Enoch Sontonga's death Alexis Haden 2017 The South African EFF calls for removal of Die Stem on 120th anniversary of Enoch Sontonga's death 1 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181212023507/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/eff-calls-for-removal-of-die-stem-on-120th-anniversary-of-enoch-sontongas-death/ 12 December 2018
en Old Boys Ban for Die Stem https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-539872757.html Cape Times South Africa 2018 A GROUP of Stellenbosch University (SU) alumni and students have been banned from the institution's Huis Visser residency after being involved in the singing of Die Stem at an old boys' reunion. 1 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094321/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-539872757.html 19 September 2018
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Proper noun
Die Stem
af informal af Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
af National anthems