Breathing Space

Ras Dumisani has managed to put a veil on the Springbok loss in Toulouse. Instead of the usual criticisms of how they played, demands for a new coach, or attacks on the player selection, all the focus has been on the few minutes that preceded the game. 

This time at least, it is not the Boks bearing the brunt of harsh words. Instead t is Ras Dumisani, the killer of the SA National Anthem. Ras has been out of South Africa since 1992. He lives in Paris and is a successful reggae singer. Living in Paris, he left our shores before the new anthem was compiled and being away from the land, must have paid little attention to it.Then there was another problem. He couldn’t hear himself sing. Someone should have given him the words, though. Ras’ 3 minutes has provoked more discussion than the game. France won, but that fact has paled into insignificance. Perhaps we are losing a sense of balance.

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