Pieter Stuurman, a car guard in Randburg says he can do a better job than Ras Dumisani.
He admits he also doesn’t know the Xhosa and the English segments of the anthem, but he says he can improvise. So far his version goes something like this: Nkosi soek ’n le plek in Afrika, mal ou pak a mes op Donderdag, yo! Jy is my tandarts Zoe, jy toe, Nkosi soek a le plek, Tina is ‘n pora, yo! He says he is still working on the rest. He says he can sing it on cue and nobody will notice the difference.

I told him that he needs a stage name to be considered as a musician. When he laughs, he has this cackle which sounds like the cluck of a hen. So I suggested he call himself Ras Fried Chicken Unplucked. He seemed to like the name.
Meanwhile, Ras dumisani has been on Radio 702, Kaya FM, Metro FM and just about every radio station here he could call. He blames the microphone, the French rugby administration for “sabotaging him”, the band he played with, saying they were students who “were unprepared as well”.
Metro FM anchor Robert Marawa asked him to sing the anthem again on air, and again he fudged it. He didn’t know the seSotho segment as well, let alone the Afrikaans one.
He says he was harmonising, and nobody gave him the current words of the anthem, as if it has ever been changed.
Next time the Springboks travel, they should just take along a CD.
As for Ras Fried Chicken Unplucked, he also doesn’t stand a chance. But I won’t be the one to burst his bubble.

WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT RAS DUMISANI’S SINGING:
The Guardian wrote: “Reggae singer Ras Dumisani mauled, mutilated and murdered the national anthem in a hilariously off-key rendition…”

Cope said:“…Friday’s debacle can best be described as a complete vocal misfire. It looked as though it came right out of the blooper reel of a reality tv singing show”.
Young Communist League of SA said: “As for Ras [Dumisani], he must keep singing the anthem, but only in his shower.”
In its defence, the SA Embassy in France said it was asked to recommend a singer and “in this case, the embassy had only one name of a South African singer in France and the embassy provided the name of his agent in France to the French Rugby Union.”

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