A haunting voice singing 'Zithulele Mama, Noma sengifile ngiyobe ngifele lona, Izwe lakithi, Izwe leSouth Africa' (Don't cry Mama, even if I am dead, I would have died for my land, the land of South Africa) immediately strikes home the horrific reality of this country.
Archive record
FOSATUs worker choirs now feature on new rec

- Origin date
- April 1982
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). FOSATUs worker choirs now feature on new rec. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0106958
South African History Online (2016) 'FOSATUs worker choirs now feature on new rec', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0106958 (Accessed: 27 July 2026).
South African History Online, FOSATUs worker choirs now feature on new rec [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0106958, (accessed 27 July 2026).
"FOSATUs worker choirs now feature on new rec." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0106958. Accessed 27 July 2026.
South African History Online. "FOSATUs worker choirs now feature on new rec." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0106958.
Further reading
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Letter from Barney Pityana to Neville Curtis
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