When it comes to playing the wrong national anthem, there are few other countries to rival South Africa in a list that says "Make Sure You Don't Play The Apartheid Era Anthem". The organisers of the London Hockey Cup never got that list.
The manager of the London Cup hockey tournament must apologise for playing apartheid anthem "Die Stem" before South Africa's clash with Great Britain, SA Hockey Association chief executive Marissa Langeni said on Wednesday.
Langeni, who was not at the game, was furious with the blunder.
She said the full version of the apartheid-era anthem, "Die Stem", had been played before the game.
"I recorded the match, and I listened to the anthem," Langeni said on Wednesday.
"As far as I'm concerned, that was the full version of "Die Stem", from start to finish.
"I was so shocked I could not even watch the rest (of the game)."
h/t ColmR
via Sport24
