President Cyril Ramaphosa batted away populist calls on Thursday for Die Stem to be removed from the national anthem, saying "we should not reject that which unites us".
Ramaphosa was giving an oral reply to a question from FF Plus MP Dr Cornelius Mulder who asked, "with reference to Section 83(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, which requires that he promotes the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic", how Ramaphosa saw himself fulfilling this constitutional obligation as head of state and how he intended to address the "current alienation of minorities in the republic".
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