Die Stem

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans Die Stem (literally “the voice”).

Proper noun

Die Stem (uncountable)

1. The Call of South Africa
   • 2009, “'Natoo' says no to Die Stem”, in Post‎^[1], South Africa, archived from the original on 19 September 2018:

     Babenia refused to sing Die Stem, South Africa's former national anthem, despite then President Nelson Mandela requesting people to do.

   • 2009, “The Day PW Made Us Sing "Die Stem" at Kruger's Swiss House”, in Cape Times‎^[2], South Africa, archived from the original on 19 September 2018:

     The Day PW Made Us Sing "Die Stem" at Kruger's Swiss House

   • 2012, “'Apologise' for Die Stem”, in Sport24‎^[3], South Africa:

     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.

   • 2012, Robert Siegel, “The Road To London Is Paved With Olympic Gaffes”, in All Things Considered‎^[4], NPR:

     "Die Stem" is South Africa's old anthem, the one used during the apartheid era.

   • 2014, Dawjee Haji Mohamed, “Steve Hofmeyr, 'Die Stem' and living in the past”, in Mail & Guardian‎^[5], South Africa:

     Steve Hofmeyr, "Die Stem" and living in the past

   • 2015, “EFF 'missing the plot' on Die Stem”, in HeraldLIVE‎^[6], South Africa:

     EFF "missing the plot" on Die Stem

   • 2015, “Why I Choose to Sing Die Stem”, in The Sunday Independent‎^[7], South Africa, archived from the original on 19 September 2018:

     Why I Choose to Sing Die Stem

   • 2017, Alexis Haden, “EFF calls for removal of Die Stem on 120th anniversary of Enoch Sontonga's death”, in The South African‎^[8]:

     EFF calls for removal of Die Stem on 120th anniversary of Enoch Sontonga's death

   • 2018, “Old Boys Ban for Die Stem”, in Cape Times‎^[9], South Africa, archived from the original on 19 September 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.

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Die Stem

1. (informal) Short for Die Stem van Suid-Afrika.