Cape Town – A defiant Steve Hofmeyr has called on his fans to continue singing Die Stem after coming in for some flack over singing the pre-1994 anthem at the Innibos cultural festival in Mbombela.
Hofmeyr was singing in front of a crowd of about 45 000 people.
A video of the event shows the crowd singing along and cheering and whistling when the song is finished.
Hofmeyr subsequently posted the video and his views on the event on his Facebook page.
He said: “I will sing it more and I ask that the ban on our sacred traditional song be lifted and all may be free to sing what they want, where they want, as long as it is not hate speech or preaches violence.”…
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