JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — His song has been sung by millions of people for almost a century now, but until recently little was known about Enoch Sontonga, not even that his body lay buried ...

Descendants of Enoch Sontonga are aggrieved that, more often than not, they are excluded when events involving the composer of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika are organised. Family spokesperson Winston ...

He lamented the fact that an exercise book containing other works by Sontonga disappeared during apartheid-era forced removals in Sophiatown. ”Enoch Sontonga probably wrote many other songs as a ...

The name of Enoch Sontonga, the composer of South Africa's national anthem, has been used by publishers to collect false royalties on Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica, according to the City Press on Sunday.

Johannesburg - Nkosi Sikelel'i Africa,/I> composer Enoch Sontonga was honoured in Johannesburg on Monday, the 100th anniversary of his death. Choirs sang two of the reworked versions of the song he ...

Nkosi Sikelel i’Afrika, God Bless Africa, was composed in 1897 by a Methodist teacher in the Eastern Cape, Enoch Sontonga. Later, it was adopted by the African National Congress and became an ...

The EFF on Tuesday called for Die Stem to be removed from the national anthem, in celebration of Enoch Sontonga who composed Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika. Tuesday marks the 120th anniversary of Sontonga ...

South Africa – Google celebrated Freedom Day with a google doodle of 19th century composer Enoch Sontonga, who wrote Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika -a song that merged with Die Stem to become the ...