![Another reminder Africlectists, of the ever-painful history of our continent. We still bear the white man on our back:
British field hockey officials have issued a “full and unreserved apology” to the South African women’s team for playing an apartheid-era version of the national anthem before a London Cup match on Tuesday.
South African Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni, who wasn’t at the match, demanded a full apology after claiming that the original version of “Die Stem,” the anthem from 1927 to 1993, was played before the match.
“As far as I’m concerned, that was the full version of ‘Die Stem,’ from start to finish,” she said, according to Sport 24. ”I was so shocked I couldn’t even watch the rest [of the game].”
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