on Feb. 11, 1990, South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Mandela had spent 27 years in prison.

On September 02, 1993 at 12 noon. All of South Africa went out to the streets and held hands and sang together... In Unity...black, white and coloured. The whole country singing one song! It was awesome! I was there, and this song moved me (and many others) to tears, as we said goodbye to apartheid and looked forward to a democracy and peace in South Africa under the leadership of Nelson Mandela.

This the original track by Chicco Twala recorded in 1994 from a tape cassette. I have added pictures of some of my Africa adventures, both with the NGO I pioneered, ApT Design and Development, and with various bands and projects I was involved with over 30 years in several African countries.
I only added them to provide some visuals for the track. The logo we used in ApT I had designed for a Human Unity Conference so that all seemed like a 'fit' for this video and track.

Here's the movie about Mandela's imprisonment and eventual release. Very moving!    • Video  

Here's all the Lyrics to the song....

South Africa
We love you, our beautiful land
Lets show the whole world
we can bring peace in our land
Father we pray
Day and Night for unity
Show us the way father
to bridge the gap of hate
We know we've hurt each other
Never showed any love at all
Our lives will never be the same again
Wish we had God in our loves all the time
South Africa
We love you, our beautiful land
Lets show the whole world
we can bring peace in our land
Politicians stop lying
Come join hands and be as one
An eye for an eye wont build us
we can bring peace in our land
Forget about the past
And build a new nation
God says every man shall reach perfection
If we help each other
We shall reach our destination
South Africa wake up
The whole world is free now
Lets bury our differences
and live in harmony
Sisters, brother, mother, daddy.
Stop killing one another
and bring peace in our land
We know we've hurt each other
Never showed any love at all
Our lives will never be the same again
Wish we had God in our loves all the time