{{Short description|1961–1994 South African de facto flag anthem}} {{Infobox anthem |title=Vlaglied |country={{Flag|South Africa|1982}} |prefix =Former flag |published= |alt_title="Ons eie vlag"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34C81-sbDAY|title=Flag anthem of South Africa (1961-1994): "Vlaglied"|access-date=25 November 2018|last=TheKhanate|date=13 June 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> |author=Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven<ref name="crwflags.com"/> |composer={{ill|F.J. Joubert|af}}<ref name="crwflags.com"/> |adopted=1961 |until=1994 }} <!--{{Infobox anthem |title = Die Stem van Suid-Afrika |transcription = |english_title = "The Call of South Africa" |alt_title = "Die Stem" |en_alt_title = "The Call" |alt_title_2 = |en_alt_title_2 = |image = Volk en Vaderland 27 - Die stem van Suid-Afrika.png{{!}}border |caption = Excerpt from the {{Interlanguage link multi|F.A.K.-Volksangbundel|af}} |prefix = Former national |country = South Africa |author = Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven |lyrics_date = {{Start date|1918}} (English version: Collectively, 1952) |composer = {{ill|Marthinus Lourens de Villiers|af}} |music_date = {{Start date|1921}} |adopted = {{Nowrap|{{Start date|1938|06}} (jointly with "God Save the King")<ref name=NYT1938/>}}<br />{{Start date|1957|05}} (as the sole national anthem)<br />{{Start date|1994|04}} (jointly with "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika") |published = {{Start date|1926}} |until = {{end date|1994|04}} (as the sole national anthem)<br />{{end date|1997}} (as the co-national anthem) |predecessor="God Save the Queen" |successor="National anthem of South Africa" |sound = "Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika"_-_National_anthem_of_Apartheid_South_Africa.oga |sound_title = "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (instrumental, one verse) }} --> "'''Vlaglied'''" is a South African patriotic song from the 20th century. It is an ode dedicated to the former South African flag that was used from 1928 to 1994. The song was notably used during the apartheid era as a ''de facto'' flag anthem.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/Gy2kIvVM_Ek Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200710205515/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy2kIvVM_Ek Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy2kIvVM_Ek| title = Vlaglied.wmv | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fak.org.za/musiek/|title=Musiek - FAK|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/Act%209%20of%201974.pdf|title='Vlaglied' Copyright Act, 1974|location=South Africa|access-date=2 November 2018|date=1974|publisher=Republic of South Africa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/za/za041en.pdf| access-date=2023-12-22 | title=“VLAGLIED” COPYRIGHT ACT NO. 9 OF 1974}}</ref><ref name="crwflags.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/za-song.html|title=South Africa - flag songs|website=www.crwflags.com|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>
==History== The lyrics were written by C.J. Langenhoven, who also wrote the lyrics to the former South African national anthem, "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika." It is set to music by F.J. Joubert; it is a military-style march.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.litnet.co.za/die-sing-van-vlaglied-in-sommige-wit-afrikaanse-skole-in-die-1980s/|title = Die sing van "Vlaglied" in sommige wit Afrikaanse skole in die 1980's| date=30 November 2001 }}</ref>
As late as the 1980s, "Vlaglied" was encouraged to be sung at white schools by the apartheid regime of South Africa, in order to help bolster the country's system of apartheid.<ref name="auto"/> After apartheid ended in the early 1990s, the song fell out of use by many alongside the flag.
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:South African folk songs