<P> The current national anthem of South Africa was adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the 19th century hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa", lit . "Lord Bless Africa") and the Afrikaans song "Die Stem van Suid - Afrika" (English: "The Call of South Africa"), which was formerly used as the South African national anthem from the late 1950s to the mid-1990s . </P> <P> The South African national anthem is sometimes referred to by its incipit of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", however this has never been its official title . </P> <P> The fact that it shifts (modulates) and ends in a different key, a feature it shares with the Italian and the Philippine national anthems, makes it compositionally unusual . The lyrics employ the five of the most widely spoken of South Africa's eleven official languages--Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first stanza, last two lines), Sesotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza), and English (final stanza). The first half was arranged by M. Kumhalo and the latter half of the song was arranged by Jeanne Zaidel - Rudolph, who also wrote the final verse . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> National anthems of South Africa </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "God Save the King" </Td> <Td> 1795--1837 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "God Save the Queen" </Td> <Td> 1837--1901 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "God Save the King" </Td> <Td> 1901--1952 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "God Save the Queen" </Td> <Td> 1952--1957 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "Die Stem van Suid - Afrika" </Td> <Td> 1957--1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" </Td> <Td> 1994--1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "The Call of South Africa" </Td> <Td> 1994--1997 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "National anthem of South Africa" </Td> <Td> 1997--present </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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