Tuneless singer tackled after mauling Boks’ anthem

SOUTH AFRICAN fury over the off-key rendition of their national anthem before the Springbok-France rugby test last Friday continues unabated, with former South African star Naas Both blaming the rendition for South Africa’s defeat, the French saying the South African embassy picked controversial singer Ras Dumisani – and Dumisani blaming his equipment.

On Sunday the South African Rugby Union wrote to their French counterparts expressing the nation’s dismay at the performance in Toulouse, when Dumisani – who is from Durban but lives in France – took an odd approach to usually stately Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika (God Bless Africa).

“As a union we were shocked and horrified by the rendition of the anthem, and I contacted the French Federation on Saturday morning to express our very grave concerns,” said the union’s president Oregan Hoskins.