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stands for, what sets us apart and what we aim to achieve. It draws on the vision, mission and
values of NMMU.
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of a university, fostering fresh thinking and innovation. It is also suggestive of a rising sun, a new
dawn – the birth of a new university. The circle is a symbol of unity, with the pointed elements
suggesting diversity, as well as engagement and interaction, both amongst ourselves and with our
stakeholders in the broader external community.
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potential of all our people. It is also suggestive of a learning environment, and a supportive
environment. The globe represents our international links, as well as our connection to our natural
resources.
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NMMU is a university “for tomorrow” – we nurture innovation, foster creativity, embrace technology,
and develop people to meet the challenges of the world of tomorrow. “For tomorrow” also
symbolises our commitment to sustainable development – development that meets today’s needs
and can be continued into the future.
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2011 GRADUATION CEREMONIES
FRIDAY, 8 APRIL 2011
Ceremony 1 10:00 George Campus
All Programmes
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Honorary doctoral degrees will be conferred on the following candidates during the April 2011
graduation ceremonies:
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OFFICE-BEARERS
CHANCELLOR
MS S BOTHA: BEcon (Economics & Marketing), BEconHons (Marketing)(Stell)
CHAIRPERSON OF COUNCIL
JUSTICE R PILLAY: BA, LLB(UDW)
VICE-CHANCELLOR
PROF DI SWARTZ: BA(UWC), MA, DPhil, Doctor in Human Rights Law (hc)(Essex University, UK)
REGISTRAR
MR MH GRIMBEEK: BA, BAHons, HDE(PG)(Stell), MA(Unisa)
PRESIDENT OF CONVOCATION
MR PGG GESWINDT: BComEd(UPE), BComHons(Unisa), PGDE(UPE)
DEAN OF STUDENTS
MR TH SOGA: BA, BAHons, BEd(Fort Hare), MSc(Int Inst for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences)(Netherlands),
JSTC(Lovedale)
ARTS
PROF V NOTSHULWANA: BA Psychology (City College of New York); PhD Psychology (Southern California University
for Professional Studies); Certificate in Public Policy & Executive Leadership in Higher Education (Nova
Southeastern University)
EDUCATION
PROF DM ZINN: BA(UCT), BAHons (UCT), HDE(UCT), MEd(Harvard USA), DEd(Harvard USA)
HEALTH SCIENCES
PROF NT NAIDOO: BSc(Pharm), BScHons, MSc, PhD(Rhodes), MPS(SA)
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LAW
PROF VA LAWACK-DAVIDS: BJuris, LLB, LLM(UPE), LLD(Unisa)
SCIENCE
PROF AWR LEITCH: BSc, BScHons, MSc, PhD(UPE)
CAMPUS PRINCIPALS
George Campus
PROF C FABRICIUS: BSc, BScHons(Pret), MSc(Wits), PhD(UCT)
Missionvale Campus
MR K MATISO: BA(Vista), BEd(Rhodes), MBA(PET), HDE(PG), PGDIR(Rhodes)
SENIOR DIRECTORS
FINANCE
MR J WASSERMAN: NH Dip Cost Acc (PET), PA(SA), AGA(SA)
STRATEGIC PLANNING
PROF HJ NEL: BA, BAHons, MA, DPhil(UPE)
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ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
MOMENT OF SILENCE
CHORAL ITEM
NMMU Choir
DISSOLUTION OF CONGREGATION
Chancellor
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Congregation rises
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NATIONAL DIPLOMA: BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
AJAM, Razia SEPHOTO, Zandile Emily
FREEMAN, Chanté Francis SIBI, Zandile
GABA, Sibulele SOMBHANE, Ntsako Ophilia
GALADA, Zimasa STUURMAN, Nombulelo
KILI, Ziyanda TSHANGANA, Marjorie
KUTER, Melissa Lee TSOTSI, Noluthando
MANGCOTYWA, Avela
MARITZ, Sonika CUM LAUDE
MAY, Aseza Felicia Thulashe
NAIDOO, Sarisha DE KOCK, Leanne
NDZIMANDE, Yonela MALAPERMAL, Veshara
NGXIZELE, Lazola NORTJE, Adri
NZUZO, Zimkhitha Azukile SIZILA, Wandile
RATSHIVHADELO, Thendo Judith TURNER, Faye
SAM, Thirusha Melissa
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NATIONAL DIPLOMA: SPORT MANAGEMENT
BAARTMAN, Heinrich NXOMANI, Thandiswa Caroline
BENADE, Ruan Benito PIETERSE, Darren Christo
DE VILLIERS, Francois Etienne SLABBERT, Cristopher André
DU PLOOY, Jean-Pierre VAN JAARSVELD, Nadine
HUFKIE, Traun Chad VERMAAK, Sheldon
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BACCALAUREUS CURATIONIS (INSTITUTIONIS ET ADMINISTRATIONIS)
KOEBERG, Beverley Ingrid
BACCALAUREUS CURATIONIS
BIRUNGI, Immaculate MORRIS, Loren Claire
BRITZ, Zelda NSINAMWA, Batanani Unopa
HANS, Nombulelo Cornelia O'CONNOR, Anya
JARDIEN, Sihaam ROETS, Zelda
JOOSTE, Suemaya VAN DYK, Anke
KOEKEMOER, Liné Louie VAN ROOYEN, Marelize
MAXAZA, Bukelwa WALTERS, Danielle Chavonne
MOMANYI, Naom Nyarorego
BACCALAUREUS PHARMACIAE
ABAHAMYE, Aloysius MLANDULI, Siyamthanda Patricia
BLOUW, Buhle Sharon MOREMI, Tshepiso
BOOYSEN, Alister Wayne MOSIMANEMOTHO, Peo
CHITAKA, Ponayi MUNGROO, Careena Bholah
DINGELA, Mzikazi Elsie MWAMBAZI, Kapembwa
DORASWAMI, Devanisha NICHOLSON, Chantelle
FALCO, Marco Francesco NODADA, Nkululeko
GIBBS, Claire Joy OWINO, Dennis Omondi
HOWARD, Cahlia PATEL, Mehul Kiritkumar
JANKEE, Bassant Singh PENZA, Mwaka
JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Ettienne PICKARD, Naseera-Khanamnoor
JUGOO, Arunima Kassee RAMLOLL, Jason
KADERNANI, Yakub SAADOON, Sumayah
KAPO, Ntombizanele SOMHLAHLO, Zolisa
KRÜGER, Johannes Jakobus
LILLMOND, Sarwan Kumar CUM LAUDE
MAMOOJEE, Muhammad Muniir Yacoob
MANGALISO, Vuyokazi Judith DOUBELL, Miecke
MEYER, Tania GAIDA, Razia
MKO, Nobulali
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BACCALAUREUS PSYCHOLOGIAE (COUNSELLING)
AROSI, Ziyanda VAN ZYL, Hazel-Jeanne
GUMBI, Nkhosivile WOOD, Mandi-Rae
LELIMO, Thabang Lucky
MACHEKABUWE, Tarsianna CUM LAUDE
PIET, Astrid Heagan
PROCTER, Jenna-Lee DUTTON, Tanya
TWAKU, Unati
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HONORARY DOCTORAL
DEGREE CITATIONS
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DAVID FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH
DOCTOR SCIENTIAE, HONORIS CAUSA
In 1952 he began his long and illustrious career at the BBC working
his way up as writer, editor, director and producer and also
introducing colour television in the United Kingdom. His contribution
hardly needs introduction - his often-whispering voice forms the
backdrop for so many of the best natural history programmes used
to teach and entertain our children from pre-school to university.
While at BBC2, David developed his own style of nature cinematography – one that filmed nature
unobtrusively. During the accumulation of his monumental portfolio, he has travelled to every part
of the Earth, presenting, narrating, displaying, and showcasing the extraordinary natural world -
delivering a view of natural science that, in his own words, “is the greatest source of excitement;
the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest ... the greatest
source of so much in life that makes life worth living”.
It was in 1985, that he received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth the 2nd to become Sir David
Attenborough and in 2005 he was awarded the Order of Merit conferred for eminence in his field.
His list of television programmes, publications and awards is extensive but special mention must
be made of his being voted one of the Smithsonian’s 35 Innovators of our Time Who Made a
Difference. Added to this, an opinion poll in 2006 by Reader's Digest names him “the most trusted
celebrity in Britain” and according to a list compiled by New Statesman in the same year, he was
voted tenth in the list of “Heroes of our time”. He is patron or supporter of many charitable
organisations, including Patron of the World Land Trust, which buys rain forest and other land for
preservation.
Sir David has visited South Africa several times while filming his many series, traversing the
country from Cape to Kruger filming all kinds of amazing wildlife from Matebele ants to spitting
cobras.
He has built much of his career around the conviction that the natural world is a beautiful and
complex place, and that humankind is in danger of being severed from its natural environs by
technology and civilization. In contrast to our obsession with ourselves as organisms, Sir David
provides poignant glimpses into the astounding world on which we are so dependent. In so doing
he fathered the basic structural framework for much of the current science material available on
television, such as The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. He has provided hours of
wonder and awe in a remarkably entertaining way, while maintaining the scientific credibility. Sir
David Attenborough has without doubt earned the title of “the alpha male of natural history
documentary-making” (Times Online, 22 January 2009).
He married Jane Oriel in 1950, spending 47 years with her until her death in 1997. They have two
children, Robert and Susan.
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SURESH KANA
DOCTOR COMMERCII, HONORIS CAUSA
In 1976, Suresh was the first black professional to join the then
Coopers and Lybrand and played a key role as national HR Director in
the later PricewaterhouseCoopers' transformation. He currently serves
as a trustee on the governing board of the SA Institute of Chartered
Accountants (SAICA) Thuthuka Bursary Fund, aimed at increasing the
access of black graduates to the Chartered Accountancy profession.
He was elected to serve as a board member of the International Audit and Assurance Standards
Board (IAASB) of the International Federation of Accountants which he did from 1995 to 2003. The
IAASB is the body responsible for independently setting International Standards on auditing and
assurance standards used by the auditing profession across the world. These standards play an
important role in ensuring the quality and uniformity of external auditing practices, and strengthen
public confidence in financial reporting.
Suresh has made notable high-level contributions to issues of governance and accountability in the
business world. He is convenor of the Accounting and Auditing sub-committee of the well-known
King Committee on Governance in South Africa, a director of the Independent Regulatory Board of
Auditors (IRBA) as well as the National Business Initiative, and serves on the Audit Committee of
both these organisations. In the financial field, he has served on the Boards of Appeal for the
Financial Services Board Act, Stock Exchanges Control Act and the Financial Markets Control Act.
He has wide experience in a variety of industries and has been involved in the audits of companies
like Group Five, Afrox, Guardian National, and the Anglo American Properties Limited Group. He
has also acted as relationship partner on the audits of listed companies like MTN, Naspers and the
FirstRand Group.
Suresh is currently the Territory Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer for
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Southern Africa, Senior Partner for the PWC African Region and serves
on the PWC Strategy Council. He served on the PWC Global Board from 2005 to 2009.
His own history of making progress against considerable odds is part of the driving force to ensure
that the future of the Accounting profession reflects the full spectrum of South African society.
Suresh lives in Johannesburg and is married to Kalpana and they have two girls and two boys.
In recognition of his unique contribution to the development of the Accounting profession and
governance practices in South Africa and globally, it is an honour for NMMU to confer the degree
of Doctor Commercii (honoris causa) on SURESH KANA.
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LEX MPATI
DOCTOR LEGUM, HONORIS CAUSA
During the following 12 years, Lex earned a living working his way
through the ranks of furniture salesperson, petrol attendant and barman
until he was able to start studying law at Rhodes University, graduating
with a BA in 1982 and an LLB in 1984.
After having served as Secretary of the Grahamstown Side-Bar Association between 1985 and
1987, Lex joined the Eastern Cape Society of Advocates in Grahamstown in 1989 until 1993 when
he joined the Legal Resources Centre as its in-house counsel, continuing to serve rural
communities as far afield as Barkley East.
In 1994, he served as co-chair of the Greater Grahamstown Local Government Negotiation Forum,
leading the negotiations to establish a single non-racial local authority in the town. He was also a
member of the delegation to Chile which studied the Chilean truth and reconciliation committee
with a view to the establishment of the South African body in due course. In 1996, former president
Nelson Mandela appointed Lex as senior counsel and, soon thereafter, he was appointed as an
acting judge. He was permanently appointed to the Eastern Cape Bench on 1 February 1997.
After having served as an acting Judge of Appeal for 18 months, Lex became the first black person
appointed to the Supreme Court of Appeal in December 2000. He was elevated to the position of
Deputy President of the Court in 2003 and became President, the second highest judicial office in
South Africa, in 2008.
His great passion for rugby started in high school and he later captained the Old Collegians RFC in
Grahamstown and played at centre for the South Eastern Districts Rugby Union. Furthering his
love for the game, he served in various capacities on SARU and SARFU structures. His arrival to
conduct court cases at distant centres like Middelburg often provided an opportunity for local rugby
administrators and players to seek guidance and advice. He was a member of the national
executive of the SA Rugby Union from 1992 to 1994 and has been a member of the National
Judicial Committee of SARFU, which he chaired for two years, since 1994. In 2003, Lex was
appointed by the International Rugby Board as judicial officer for the Rugby World Cup in Australia
and has been a member of the SANZAR (South Africa/New Zealand/Australian Rugby) Judicial
Committee since 2007.
Lex Mpati’s outstanding characteristic throughout his legal career has been his compassion for the
ordinary citizen, the weak and the defenceless. In recognition of his contribution to the
transformation of the South African legal profession and the struggle for the respect of human
rights as well as the respect he commands as a judicial officer, it is an honour for NMMU to confer
the degree of Doctor Legum (honoris causa) on LEX MPATI.
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TEMBEKA NKAMBA-VAN WYK
DOCTOR PHILOSOPHIAE, HONORIS CAUSA
Taking up her studies again in 1981, she enrolled for a master’s degree in English Literature and
African Studies and later an MA in Film and Video at UCLA in Los Angeles, graduating with a dual
degree in 1984. Returning home, she joined the South African Department of Education in Umtata
as a planner for Cultural Affairs – organising traditional music competitions and encouraging artists
to produce beadwork and grass work products for the major centres. She also encouraged budding
writers to write books in both Xhosa and English.
In 1988 she enrolled at the University of Witwatersrand to study for a Higher Diploma for Educators
of Adults for which she attained two distinctions. In 1989 Professor Russell of Wits University
recruited Tembeka to conduct research on the use of radio for a participatory democracy in South
Africa and her report “Listening to Learn, Learning to Listen” prompted the SABC to offer Tembeka
a position at the national broadcaster to produce educational and career guidance programmes. In
1992 she was promoted to the position of Manager of Corporate Services. It was during this time
that Tembeka worked with children and youth giving them a voice and recording their feelings
about what was happening in their communities. She edited the magazine called “The Children’s
Voice” and later produced 10 TV documentary programmes under this name. After this production,
she produced 52 episodes called The People’s Choice.
In 1995 she was appointed as the National Chief Director for Communications for the new
democratic government, but left the position in 1997 to start the Talking Beads Academy, focussing
on job creation and the promotion and preservation of the arts and cultural heritage. In 2000, she
started Blue Sky Investments – the social upliftment arm of Talking Beads – providing counselling
and education on aids awareness. In 2008 when xenophobic unrest swept the nation she used her
bead craft centre as a refugee centre which when eventually vacated in 2010, was converted into
the Ngezandla Zethu Earth Centre – creating beautiful crafts utilising recycled waste materials –
addressing her desire to be more environmentally responsible.
She has received numerous awards throughout her illustrious career, including the Absa Top
Award for Innovation in 2006, the SABC Checkers Business Woman of The Year in 2000 and the
National Department of Arts and Culture Award for Developing the Arts in 1998. Tembeka was
married to Sirk Bernadus Van Wyk for ten years, until his death following a stroke. Together they
wrote and performed poetry at reading sessions.
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WALTER MORROW
DOCTOR EDUCATIONIS, HONORIS CAUSA (posthumously)
Prof Morrow returned to South Africa in 1972 and taught philosophy of education at Wits and UWC
where he later became Dean of the Faculty of Education. In 1982, he was awarded his PhD from
the University of London. Moving to Port Elizabeth, he was appointed as Dean of Education at the
former UPE in 1999, where he remained until 2004 before being seconded to the National Ministry
of Education to chair the Ministerial Committee on Teacher Education.
Prof Morrow was also a dedicated Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) councillor and a
member of the Editorial Board of HSRC Press, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA),
the advisory committee for the Study of Education Project, the South African Institute for Distance
Education, and the UMALUSI research committee. He acted as a consultant to the Higher
Education Qualifications Committee (HEQC), the national Department of Education, as well as the
South African Council for Educators (SACE).
Until his illness, Prof Morrow was a member of the task team on the development of a Continuing
Professional Teacher Development system. He was also a founder member of the Kenton
conference and established the academic journal Perspectives in Education. Jointly, these two
platforms created the intellectual space for critical discussion about education during dark times in
South Africa. A previous collection of his essays, published in 1989 under the title Chains of
Thought, addressed fundamental issues that were constantly disregarded in disputes about
education during the decades of political struggle. Since the early 1990s he was prominently
involved in the project of transforming South African education. More recently, two additional
selections of essays were published. Learning to teach in South Africa (2007) consists of a
selection of essays that span the crucial years of democratic transition in South Africa. The Bounds
of Democracy (2009), another selection of essays, spans the pivotal years in the historic
democratisation of our country and provides a forceful reflection on South African Higher Education
in transition.
Sadly, Prof Morrow was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour and passed away on 11
February 2009. He leaves us with a legacy of rich intellectual material for sustained scholarly
engagements.
In recognition as South Africa’s foremost philosopher of education and respected as one of the
most original and distinctive thinkers in South African education over the past three decades, it is
an honour for NMMU to confer the degree of Doctor Educationis (honoris causa) posthumously
on WALLY MORROW.
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MARK SHUTTLEWORTH
PHILOSOPHIAE DOCTOR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HONORIS CAUSA
In 1999, Mark sold Thawte to the US Company VeriSign – it was then the fastest-growing Internet
certificate authority worldwide, and the leading certificate authority outside of the USA. He then
founded HBD Venture Capital, believing that entrepreneurs in South Africa have the potential to
start businesses with global impact. HBD has invested in several South African companies in a
variety of sectors, such as software, pharmaceutical services, electronics and mobile phone
services.
In the hope that risk capital can be as important for social development as it is for the economy,
Mark has also created a non-profit organisation that supports social innovation in education in
Africa. The Shuttleworth Foundation funds projects that have the potential to bring about dramatic
improvements to some aspects of the education system and hopes to improve both the quality and
the reach of education in Africa. The Foundation has worked in all 9 provinces of South Africa,
funding initiatives from teachers, small businesses and private individuals. The Foundation is a
catalyst for accelerated change in civil society. It seeks to identify ideas that have the potential to
create tremendous change for good in civil society, and funds them for implementation in South
Africa. The ideas can be South African in origin, but the Foundation also seeks to identify global
trends and to bring new ideas to South Africa that are working well in other countries.
Mark moved to London in 2001, and began preparing for the First African in Space mission,
training in Star City, Russia, and in Khazakstan. In April 2002 he flew in space, as a cosmonaut
member of the crew of Soyuz mission TM34 to the International Space Station. Since then, he has
worked on a road show to share that experience as well as his excitement about science,
mathematics and technology with pupils across South Africa. The science and mathematics show
under the Hip2BSquare brand has been seen by more than 100,000 pupils from nearly 2,000
schools.
In March 2004 Mark formed Canonical Ltd., for the promotion and commercial support of free
software projects. The Ubuntu project, which aims to produce a high quality desktop and server
operating system that is freely available all over the world, is funded through Canonical Ltd. Sub-
projects include specialised desktop environments for schools, and for the needs of people in
specific countries or industries, such as Edubuntu and Kubuntu. In December 2009, Shuttleworth
stepped down as the CEO of Canonical, Ltd to focus his energy on product design, partnership
and customers.
In recognition of his contribution to the field of Information Technology, through sustained open
source initiatives endeavouring to promote universal and free access to the tools of the digital era,
it is an honour for NMMU to confer the degree of Philosophiae Doctor in Information
Technology (honoris causa) on MARK SHUTTLEWORTH.
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VISION, MISSION, VALUES,
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE AND
PHILOSOPHY
VISION
To be a dynamic African university, recognised for its leadership in generating cutting-edge
knowledge for a sustainable future.
MISSION
To offer a diverse range of quality educational opportunities that will make a critical and
constructive contribution to regional, national and global sustainability.
VALUES
ii. Excellence
- We promote, recognise and reward excellence in our teaching, learning, research and
engagement
- We promote, recognise and reward excellent service delivery to all our stakeholders
- We provide a supportive and affirming environment that enables students and staff to
reach their full potential
- We adopt innovative approaches to promote excellence in our institutional policies,
structures, processes and systems
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iii. Ubuntu
- We are a people-centred university
- We respect the dignity of others
- We recognise our mutual interdependence
- We promote compassionate and responsible citizenship
iv. Integrity
- We act with integrity and accept responsibility for our actions
- We behave in an ethical and professional manner
- We conduct our activities in an accountable and transparent manner
- We ensure the integrity of our information, systems and processes
vi. Responsibility
- We acknowledge our personal responsibility for ethical behaviour towards others
- We assume responsibility for the achievement of personal and institutional goals
- We accept responsibility for our actions and the consequences thereof
- We provide an environment that encourages students and staff to take responsibility for
their academic and professional endeavours
- We provide transformational leadership in the service of society through our teaching and
learning, research and engagement activities.
To achieve this we are committed to developing the human potential of our staff and
students in the full spectrum of its cognitive, economic, social, cultural, aesthetic and
personal dimensions in the pursuit of democratic citizenship.
- We adopt a humanising pedagogical approach that respects and acknowledges diverse
knowledge traditions and engages them in critical dialogue in order to nurture a participative
approach to problem-posing and -solving, and the ability to contribute to a multi-cultural
society.
- We inspire our stakeholders to be passionate about and respectful of an ecologically diverse
and sustainable natural environment.
- We will be known for our people-centred, caring, values-driven organisational culture that will
allow all members of the university community to contribute optimally to its life.
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NATIONAL ANTHEM
Nkosi Sikelel’i-Afrika,
Maluphakanyisw’uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi Sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
South Africa.
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