The Call of South Africa - Former South African Anthem (1977 SABC TV Sign Off)

[@noahnorman6877]

Even though this was the anthem during a dark and ugly time in South Africa’s history, it’s still a beautiful anthem, and maybe one of my favorites out of them all.

[@natemorrow2911]

And the ANC are so bad at governance they actually make thr days under the National Party look good

[@jvictor16]

"dark" Lol

[@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION]

Ooh, the last verse!

[@fsb9603]

In thy power, Almighty, trusting Did our fathers build of old: Strength then o lord, their children To defend to love to hold That the heritage they gave us for our children yet may be Bondsmen only to the highest And before the whole world free As our fathers trusted humbly Teach us, Lord, to trust thee still: Guard our land and guide our people In Thy way to do Thy will

[@douw004]

And then our lame yellow belly leaders gave it away.

[@CEB1896]

I've read that SA got televisions quite late because it was seen as a device of evil.

[@douw004]

Its true, the then prime minister, John Vorster tried to stay away as far as possible because he knew this will nit be good for our Calvanistic family values. Saying with the first broadcast, "This is the beginning of the end of our people" And he was proofed correct over years.

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

Began in January 1976.

[@Comrade738_Nusantara]

That's pretty late

[@COIcultist]

@@Comrade738_Nusantara Black and white on the same screen would have been difficult enough, but strangely SA jumped straight into Coloured TV! It's a joke. Pretty much like modern day SA. I'm a Brit and here is becoming clown world too!

[@leomarsubala115]

i can't believe he didn't cry during titanic! do man even have feelings? Boys :

[@MoloIongo]

The Apartheid definitely wasn’t perfect but it is a lot better than modern South Africa

[@Franz_morfed_Ferdinand]

Peter Willem Botha war vielleicht Südafrikas letzter guter und vernünftiger Präsident. Es ist schmerzhaft zu sehen, was sich jetzt in den Blöcken dieses besten Südafrikas zusammenbraut.

[@DukeofCanberraYT]

Back when South Africa existed.

[@GabrielZuc]

Now only the ruins of buildings from that time remain. as well as Rhodesia.

[@Shujaa24]

Back when white people still believed the world revolved around them

[@mokikomi]

yeah, south africa disappeared and now its only the ocean, 1994 truly made south africa disappear from earth, how realistic.

[@Someone.southafrica]

South Africa used to be powerful and infamous for strength but instead they threw it away, for what i hear thy ask? For acceptance and unity, when our country stood above others

[@VNMPD]

South Afrikkan

[@Comrade738_Nusantara]

Yeee

[@VNMPD]

@@Comrade738_Nusantara Wee

[@sebasargent]

lol

[@KrystalKlear777]

Aperted

[@Antloo2009]

Hou jou bek my maat. The song has nothing racist in it. It simply describes how beautiful our country was at the time.

[@ruannvannoordwyk5289]

​@@Antloo2009exactly my punt

[@Zacky51188]

Shaddup

[@stoggafllik]

Jou ma se

[@Shujaa24]

While the flag and anthem both predate apartheid, you gotta remember in the eyes of the majority it's still the same flag their oppressors waved and the same anthem they sang. They aren't being logical but rather emotional... Same way white South Africans call Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika a terrorist song when in fact it was made as a church hymn LONG before the ANC even existed and adopted it.