An karɓi Taken Ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu a cikin shekara ta 1997 kuma waƙar matasan ce ta haɗa sabon Ingilishi tare da ƙarin waƙar ƙarni na 19 " Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika " ( English: , lit. '' Ubangiji ya albarkaci Afirka ' ' ) da waƙar Afirkaans " Die Stem van Suid-Afrika " ( English: ), wanda aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin taken ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata . Kwamitin da ke da alhakin wannan sabon abun ciki ya haɗa da Anna Bender, Elize Botha, Richard Cock, Dolf Havemann (Sakatare), Mzilikazi Khumalo (Shugaban), Masizi Kunene, John Lenake, Fatima Meer, Khabi Mngoma, Wally Serote, Johan de Villiers, da Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph . Sau da yawa ana ambaton taken ta hanyar " Nkosi Sikelel 'iAfrika ", amma wannan bai taɓa zama taken ta ba, wanda kawai shine "Waƙar Ƙasar Afirka ta Kudu".