What The South African Song "uPhephela" REALLY Means, Part I (Lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Update: November 23, 2019 [series changed to four parts, with a post on lyrics added]

This is Part I of a four part pancocojams series on the South African song "uPhephela".

This post presents lyrics for this song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents some comments from the discussion thread of a February 2019 YouTube vlog. Those comments correct the misinterpretation of the song "uPhephela" that was given in that video [vlog].

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela_22.html for Part III of this series. Part III presents information about individuals and organizations that are or were mentioned in the lyrics to the song "uPhephela" or are mentioned in comments about that song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/video-examples-of-south-african-song.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series. Part IV presents several YouTube videos of the South African song "uPhephela".

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the publisher of the YouTube sound file that is included in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
While surfing YouTube for contemporary South African music, I happened upon an example of "uPhephela" that was sung as a gwijo (A song or chant sung during a South African sport events; in this case a rugby game). "Mix - Mas'hambe siye enyangeni, Tyala lami linzima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0fc8J-Iww&t=1s.

A commenter in that video's discussion thread shared a link to this 2017 video of university students singing "uPhephela" as a political song in South Africa's student movement: 26th Anniversary of SASCO WSU(Bathandwa Ndondo & Landile Gladile branch) Mthatha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVe5vGYRT7M&feature=youtu.be.

Both of these videos (and others) are showcased in Part IV of this pancocojams series.

The lyrics that I'm including in this pancocojams post are from the E.F.F. facebook page, from two YouTube discussion threads, and from the summary of one YouTube vlog (whose host incorrectly interpreted that song's lyrics).

I'm not including any English translation of the Xhosa lyrics for "uPhephela" in this post unless those translations or the general meaning of the song are found in comments that I've quoted. I'm particularly avoiding including results from Google translate as numerous commenters have noted [and I concur based on my experience with Google translate] that its translation from traditional African languages to English are often incorrect.

DISCLAIMER: I'm an African American who only speaks English and just learned about the song "uPhephela" today as a result of happening upon a YouTube discussion thread that mentioned it.

The focus audience for this post are Americans such are [also] unfamiliar with the song "uPhephela" and most of the references that are made in versions of that song (except for references to Mandela and the ANC.)

Please correct and add to the content of this post.

Thanks.

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YOUTUBE SOUND FILE OF UPHEPHELA

EFF – UPHEPHELA



bauba seloga, Feb 5, 2019

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LYRICS FOR "uPHEPHELA" [E.F.F. lyrics)
Lyric #1:
From https://www.facebook.com/406572189901836/posts/uphephela-lyrics-uyamazi-u-e-u-e-uyamazi-u-f-u-f-uyamazi-u-f-u-f-uqhamuke-ezansi/406573849901670/

"EFF
February 23
Uphephela lyrics

Uyamazi u E (u E), uyamazi u F (u F), uyamazi u F (u F), uqhamuke ezansi uphephela uphephela, asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja

🎼Xelelani bo! Xelelani u Malema ukuthi i ANC iyasigolozela, (🎼we Juju) Asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja

Xelelani bo! Xelelani u Malema ukuthi i ANC iyasigolozela, (we Juju) Asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja

Uyamazi u E (u E), uyamazi u F (u F), uyamazi u F (u F), uqhamuke ezansi uphephela uphephela, asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja

Uyamazi u E (u E), uyamazi u F (u F), uyamazi u F (u F), uqhamuke ezansi uphephela uphephela, asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja"
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EFF= Economic Freedom Fighters, a South African political party. This song is currently associated with supporters of that political party, but used to be an African National Congress (ANC) song.

Julius Malema is the head of EFF.

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Lyrics #2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fTa3o1Fc "Uphephela - the youth song supporting the EFF". published by Loving Life 2019, Feb 14, 2019
[These lyrics are included in this vlog's summary statement.]

"LANGALAKHE sent me this interpretation:

Uqhamuka ezansi uphephela.
(we can hear the propellor from far down the hill)
{the sound of a police copter}

Tshelani u Malema kuthi u SASCO uyasigolozela
(tell Malema that SASCO is being stubborn; doesnt wanna move aside)

Asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja
(lets go get some witch muti n kill them instead)..

These songs r mostly sung only for university politics. Thy have nothing to do with country politics... Thy r sung during SRC elections.."
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I don't know who LANGALAKHE is. However, it appears that Langalakhe is correcting the interpretation that the South African White man who hosts this vlog gives in that video [that this song is exhorting Black South Africans to kill White people.]

"SRC" = [in South Africa is a university's] "Student Representative Council".

SASCO = is a South African university student movement that is affiliated with [or part of] the African National Congress [ANC], the South African political party that has led South Africa since apartheid ended.

Information about these organizations is given in Part III of this series.

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Lyrics #3
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fTa3o1Fc "Uphephela - the youth song supporting the EFF" published by Loving Life 2019, Feb 14, 2019 [discussion thread]

Trevor Khaba, 2019
"Its pronounced ooh peh peh lah. The song was originally ANC from 80s/90s and the lyrics were "Xelelani uMandela ukuthi iNkatha iyasigolozela. WeTambo asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja". Its in Xhosa not Zulu and your translation is not really correct. I dont know the actual context but from the original one it seems like it had to do with conflict between ANC and IFP. So I think it's just rivalry between EFF and SASCO"...
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This complete comment is given in Part II of this pancocojams series.

"EFF" and "SASCO" are two rival university student movement organizations. Information about those organizations and other abbreviations are found in Part III of this pancocojams series.

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Lyrics #4
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fTa3o1Fc "Uphephela - the youth song supporting the EFF" published by Loving Life 2019, Feb 14, 2019 [discussion thread]

Cbucico Cimama, 2019
"Xelelani umalema ukuthi isasco iyasigolozela(tell malema that sasco is arrogant) we juju asiyothenga mayeza sbulalizinja (we juju let's buy medicine to kill dogs *referred to sasco which is their opponent in src election) uyamazi u-E u-F u-F uqhambuke zantsi uphephela uphephela(do you no E F F is coming from the ground in this point they refer to eff as a plane that is coming from the ground n rise up high hence you see the way they dance their hand r rising high )."...
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The asterisk is found in the original comment.

This complete comment is given in Part II of this pancocojams series.

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Lyrics #5
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVe5vGYRT7M&feature=youtu.be
26th Anniversary of SASCO WSU(Bathandwa Ndondo & Landile Gladile branch) Mthatha [discussion thread]
FAKU PASIKA PATRICK NYANGIWE, Sep 22, 2017

Tiisetso Cross, 2019
"(Xelelani bo)
Xelelan'uMalema ukuthi iSASCO iyasigholozela
(Hayi, we JuJu) aso thenga amayeza.

Sibulal'izinja.

(Uyamaz'uE) uE
(Uyamaz'uF) uF
(Uyamaz'uF) uF

uQhamuk'ezans'uphephela uphephela, aso thenga amayeza sibulal'izinja"

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Video Examples Of The South African Song "uPhephela" (Part IV of a series on this song)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part IV of a four part pancocojams series about the South African song "uPhephela".

Part IV presents several YouTube videos of the South African song "uPuphephela"

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela_23.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents some lyrics for this song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents some comments from the discussion thread of a February 2019 YouTube vlog. Those comments correct the misinterpretation of the song "uPhephela" that was given in that video [vlog].

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela_22.html for Part II of this series. Part III presents information about individuals and organizations that are or were mentioned in the lyrics to the song "uPhephela" or are mentioned in comments about that song.

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the publishers of these YouTube videos that are included in this post.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS

Video #1: Uphephela



Tetyana Phikolomzi, May 30, 2019

This is the original existence of uphephela song of EFF, this song was composed by Xhosa speaking people in the eastern cape in the former Transkei era
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Unfortunately, this video clip is only .29 seconds

"EFF" = Economic Freedom Fighter, a political party and student movement organization in South Africa.

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Video #2: 26th Anniversary of SASCO WSU(Bathandwa Ndondo & Landile Gladile branch) Mthatha



FAKU PASIKA PATRICK NYANGIWE, Sep 22, 2017

26th Anniversary Celebration of the student movement. where we reminded ourselves of the importance of putting students first in everything we do and ensuring access to Quality Education where the struggle for Free Quality Education is still the core of our business.

Long Live the Spirit of Bathandwa Ndondo and Landile Gladile.
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"WSU" = Walter Sisulu University (WSU) is a university of technology and science located in Mthatha, East London (Buffalo City), Butterworth and Komani (Queenstown). Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Video #3: Wits EFFSC - Uphephela



Tiisetso Cross, Oct 24, 2018
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"Wits" = The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Video #4: Mix - Mas'hambe siye enyangeni, Tyala lami linzima



Gwijo Squad, Dec 6, 2018

Beautifully executed movement back and forth between two popular gwijos
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I recognized the song "uPhephela" toward the end of this video.

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Video #5: Uphephela



SASCO MUT, Apr 26, 2019
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"MUT" refers to Mangosuthu university of technology is a University of Technology situated on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa.

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What The South African Song "uPhephela" REALLY Means, Part III (information about organizations mentioned in this song)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Update November 23, 2019 [Post added on lyrics)

This is Part III of a four part pancocojams series about the South African song "uPhephela".

Part III presents information about individuals and organizations that are or were mentioned in the lyrics to the song "uPhephela" or are mentioned in comments about that song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela_23.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents some lyrics for this song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II presents some comments from the discussion thread of a February 2019 YouTube vlog. Those comments correct the misinterpretation of the song "uPhephela" that was given in that video [vlog].

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/video-examples-of-south-african-song.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. Part IV presents several YouTube videos of the South African song "uPhephela".

The content of this post is presented for historical and socio-cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
"uPhephela" ["Helicopter" or "Airplane"] is an old ANC song that is now mostly associated with E.F.F. has been adopted by ANC's rival E.F.F.

Here's information about these organizations and other organizations that are mentioned in this song or in association with this song [The song's lyrics are found in Part I of this series]. Information about two individuals who are also mentioned in versions of "uPhephela" (Nelson Mandela and Julius Malema] are also included in this post.

Note that I've not added as much information about the ANC and Nelson Mandela because my focus audience for the posts in this "uPhephela" series are Americans [people in the United States] and other people who are at least somewhat familiar with Nelson Mandela and the ANC, but are far less likely to know the other individual who is mentioned in that song and the other organizations that are also mentioned in that song.

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INFORMATION ABOUT ANC
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_National_Congress
"The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party. It has been the ruling party of post-apartheid South Africa since the election of Nelson Mandela in the 1994 election, winning every election since then. Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent President of South Africa, has served as leader of the ANC since 18 December 2017.[4]"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT NELSON MANDELA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
"Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela... 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.

A Xhosa, Mandela was born to the Thembu royal family in Mvezo, British South Africa. He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he became involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist politics, joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY (IFP)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkatha_Freedom_Party
"The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a political party in South Africa. The party has been led by Velenkosini Hlabisa since the party's 2019 National General Conference. Mangosuthu Buthelezi founded the party in 1975 and led it until 2019. The IFP is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa and yielding third place to the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters.[1][2]"

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INFORMATION ABOUT OLIVER TAMBO
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Tambo
"Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993), also known as O. R. Tambo, was a South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.

[...]

In 1943, Tambo, Mandela and Walter Sisulu founded the ANC Youth League, with Tambo becoming its first National Secretary and a member of the National Executive in 1948. The Youth League proposed a change in the tactics of the anti-apartheid movement. Previously, the ANC had sought to further its cause by actions such as petitions and demonstrations; the Youth League felt these actions were insufficient to achieve the group's goals and proposed their own "Programme of Action". This programme advocated tactics such as boycotts, civil disobedience, strikes, and non-collaboration.

[...]

In 1955, Tambo became Secretary-general of the ANC after Sisulu was banned by the South African government under the Suppression of Communism Act. In 1958, he became Deputy President of the ANC and in 1959 was served with a five-year banning order by the government

Guerrilla activity
Tambo was directly responsible for organizing active guerilla units. Along with his comrades Nelson Mandela, Joe Slovo, and Walter Sisulu, Tambo directed and facilitated several attacks against the apartheid state."...
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Read the comment given as #1 in Part I of this pancocojams series on the song "uPhephela". The lyrics to a version of that song given in that comment mentions Mandela and Tambo. At least one other old version of that song mentions the ANC.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENT CONGRESS (SASCO)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Students_Congress
"The South African Students Congress (SASCO) is a South African student organisation which was founded in September 1991 at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, through the merger of the South African National Student Congress (SANSCO) and the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS). The predecessor of SANSCO, the Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO) was initially formed in 1979 as a continuation of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) when the latter was banned by the Apartheid government. SASO, in turn, got started by Steve Biko as a breakaway faction from NUSAS in the 1960s.[1]

SASCO is the biggest student movement in Africa[citation needed]. It organizes students in institutions of higher learning striving for the transformation of not just institutions of higher learning but the whole system in order to achieve a non-sexist, non-racial, working class biased and democratic education system."...
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Some comments about the song "uPhephela" in Part I of this pancocojams series included the abbreviation "SRC". I looked up the meaning of "SRC" as it pertains to South Africa and learned that "SRC" means a university's "Student Representative Council".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS (ORGANIZATION) [E.F.F.]
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Fighters
"The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African far-left[15] political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, and his allies, in 2013.[16] Malema is President of the EFF, heading the Central Command Team which serves as the central structure of the party.[17]

It is currently the third-largest party in both houses of the South African Parliament.

[...]

Policies
The EFF "draws inspiration from the broad Marxist–Leninist tradition and Fanonian schools of thought in their analyses of the state, imperialism, culture and class contradictions in every society", according to one of its declarations.[21]

It criticises the African National Congress and their primary opposition, the Democratic Alliance, for their allegedly pro-business stances, which it claims have sold out the black people of South Africa to capitalism as cheap labour. It promises to tackle corruption, provide quality social housing, and provide free primary healthcare and education for all, as well as proposing to expropriate stolen land, nationalise the mining and banking sectors, double welfare grants and the minimum wage, and end the proposed toll system for highways.[22]

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Support base
According to a November 2013 Ipsos survey, the party's supporters are younger than average, with 49% being younger than 24, overwhelmingly black (99%) and mostly male, with women representing only 33% of the support base. A disproportionate number of supporters live in Malema's home province of Limpopo (28%), while only 1% live in KwaZulu-Natal, a more populous province.[39] A 2018 survey conducted by social research company Citizen Surveys found that around 70% of EFF supporters were between the ages of 18 - 34, overwhelmingly black (97%), mostly based in major metropolitan cities (48%), predominantly male (62%) with 43% of their support base located in Gauteng Province.[40]”...
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I've watched YouTube videos and their discussion thread comments that refer to "EFFSC". However, that Wikipedia page on EFF doesn't mention "EEFSC". I believe that "EFFSC" means "Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command" and, if I understand this correctly, those university student organizations are affiliated with the EFF political party.

Here's one tweet and one YouTube discussion thread comment about the EFFSC:
From https://twitter.com/DlaminiMarshall/status/1167703195377983488
"Marshall Dlamini
‏
@DlaminiMarshall

Congratulations to the EFFSC for a decisive victory at DUT, your battle was not only against other Student movements, but the Entire System, University, Criminal Business people, Police.
#UPHEPHELA @EFFSouthAfrica @EFFKZN @EFFStudents
12:38 AM - 31 Aug 2019"

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Mpho Kgomotso, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fTa3o1Fc
"EFFSC vs SASCO... these are students movements, and ANC sang this song *aiming it at IFP back in the late 80's and 90's, so where do they say white people in the song? the context of the song has nothing to do with people but university students' bodies"
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*this song = "Uphephela"

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INFORMATION ABOUT JULIUS MALEMA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Malema
"Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981) is a South African Pan Africanist politician who serves as Member of Parliament and the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a South African political party, which he founded in July 2013.[2][3] He previously served as President of the African National Congress Youth League from 2008 to 2012. Malema was a member of the ANC from the age of nine [4] until his expulsion from the party in April 2012 at the age of thirty-one. He occupies a notably controversial position in South African public and political life, having risen to prominence with his support for ANC president, and later President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. He was described by both Zuma[5] and the Premier of Limpopo Province as the "future leader" of South Africa.[6] Less favourable portraits paint him as a "reckless populist" with the potential to destabilise South Africa and to spark racial conflict.[7]"...

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What The South African Song "uPhephela" REALLY Means, Part II (with comments that correct misinformation about that song)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Update: November 23, 2019 [series changed to four parts, with a post on lyrics added]

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about the South African song "uPhephela".

Part II presents some comments from the discussion thread of a February 2019 YouTube vlog. Those comments correct the misinterpretation of the song "uPhephela" that was given in that video [vlog].

Part I of this series presents lyrics for this song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/what-south-african-song-uphephela_22.html for Part III of this series. Part III presents information about individuals and organizations that are or were mentioned in the lyrics to the song "uPhephela" or are mentioned in comments about that song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/11/video-examples-of-south-african-song.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series. Part IV presents several YouTube videos of the South African song "uPhephela".

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to the publisher of the YouTube sound file that is included in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
While surfing YouTube for contemporary South African music, I happened upon an example of "uPhephela" that was sung as a gwijo (A song or chant sung during a South African sport events; in this case a rugby game). "Mix - Mas'hambe siye enyangeni, Tyala lami linzima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0fc8J-Iww&t=1s.

A commenter in that video's discussion thread shared a link to this 2017 video of university students singing "uPhephela" as a political song in South Africa's student movement: 26th Anniversary of SASCO WSU(Bathandwa Ndondo & Landile Gladile branch) Mthatha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVe5vGYRT7M&feature=youtu.be.

Both of these videos (and others) are showcased in Part III of this pancocojams series.

My focus audience for the posts in this pancocojams series about the song "uPhephela" are Americans [people in the United States] and other people who aren't South Africans (and therefore, presumably, already know the song "uPhephela" and what it means.

As indicated above, this post presents information and comments that I found online about older and current versions of "uPhephela" and about the organizations and people who were or are now mentioned in that song.

The comments about uPhephela that are included in this post are from the discussion thread for this video: "Uphephela - the youth song supporting the EFF" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fTa3o1Fc. That video summary provided some lyrics for that song. That link is for a vlog in which a White South African man warns his viewers about what he incorrectly describes as a "disturbing" song that is anti-White. That video summary also includes what many commenters indicate are incorrect English translations for the words to this song. Note that the man in the vlog indicates that this song is Zulu, but a number of that discussion thread's commenters wrote that "uPhephela" is actually a Xhosa song. Although isixhosa and isiZulu are quite similar, read comment #7 below
for one example of a difference in the meaning for the Xhosa word "uPhephela" and the similarly spelled Zulu word "phepha". That difference led to one of the incorrect English translations for this song that is found on that above mentioned vlog.

Portions of some of these comments are also included in Part I of this pancocojams series.

DISCLAIMER: I'm an African American who only speaks English and just learned about the song "uPhephela" today as a result of happening upon a YouTube discussion thread that mentioned it.

The focus audience for this post are Americans such are [also] unfamiliar with the song "uPhephela" and most of the references that are made in versions of that song (except for references to Mandela and the ANC.)

Please correct and add to the content of this post.

Thanks.

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WHAT THE SONG uPHEPHELA REALLY MEANS
These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.

Selected comments from the discussion thread for the YouTube vlog (video/blog) "Uphephela - the youth song supporting the EFF" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx9fTa3o1Fc published by Loving Life 2019, Feb 14, 2019

1. Trevor Khaba, 2019
"Its pronounced ooh peh peh lah. The song was originally ANC from 80s/90s and the lyrics were "Xelelani uMandela ukuthi iNkatha iyasigolozela. WeTambo asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja". Its in Xhosa not Zulu and your translation is not really correct. I dont know the actual context but from the original one it seems like it had to do with conflict between ANC and IFP. So I think it's just rivalry between EFF and SASCO. One thing EFF has realized is the best way to capture peoples hearts is through song because even a person who has no interest or knowledge of politics will be singing EFF songs."

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2. Siphiwe YZN Ngubane, 2019
"This song has nothing to do with white people, its between Sasco and the EFF"

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3. Keneue Monkhe, 2019
"You are spreading hatred among people with your misunderstanding, the song has nothing to do with racism. I pray that your video doesn't cause conflict in our beloved country."

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4. Brithm Media, 2019
"Lol.. You guys are so funny.. So much weakness and fear.. This song has non to do with white privilege nor racism, and two, uPhephela (pronounced per-per-lah) doesn't mean "be safe". uPhephela is the Helicopter's "spinning blade" (rotor system) that's why they have their hands from the ground to the sky clapping, basically meaning they(eff) are sweeping and taking over everything where they believe the ANC and sasco have failed, so, of cause the song resonates with blacks ("SASCO iyasigolozela" meaning "SASCO is stubborn and not listening to them"). The song is about mere disruptive political agendas ahead of the elections ("asiyothenga amayeza sibulale izinja" basically meaning let's go buy muti (traditional medicine or voodoo magic if you like) to kill these dogs(refering to sasco whom according to them is betraying or compromising their revolution or ideology if you like). I think it's really important to learn and even speak African languages you guys cos this video proves how much hatred and fear one can fuel up over northing and destroy innocent lives. that song for instance is promoting black on black violence which is very very bad, this is a call for us to unite as a Nation (all races) and fight against such things. This song provokes civil war and we are already seeing it in our Universities where the song is sung (by black students and guess who have been reported dead? "black students" not white). So I really don't understand how is this threatening white privilege..lol.. So you guys really need to let go of your privilege fears and egos and start asking these people how and where can you help instead of misleading each and hiding, watching behind social media. Thank you

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5. Endy Times, 2019
"This song has nothing to do with white people. The symbolism of uphephela is of a helicopter landing. The dogs they are referring to, are whoever the opponent is. At the Universities, that was the ANC; and in the upcoming elections the dogs are again the ANC. The speaker riled up his white audience for nothing."

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6. Mpho Kgomotso, 2019
"EFFSC vs SASCO... these are students movements, and ANC sang this song aiming it at IFP back in the late 80's and 90's, so where do they say white people in the song? the context of the song has nothing to do with people but university students' bodies"

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7. sello motlogeloa, 2019
"The song is in Xhosa and not Zulu so his translation is totally wrong because uphephela means aeroplane in Xhosa and phepha in Zulu means be aware. The song has been sung since the 1980s during the stuggle way before EEF"

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8. Cbucico Cimama, 2019
"Xelelani umalema ukuthi isasco iyasigolozela(tell malema that sasco is arrogant) we juju asiyothenga mayeza sbulalizinja (we juju let's buy medicine to kill dogs *referred to sasco which is their opponent in src election) uyamazi u-E u-F u-F uqhambuke zantsi uphephela uphephela(do you no E F F is coming from the ground in this point they refer to eff as a plane that is coming from the ground n rise up high hence you see the way they dance their hand r rising high )... So that's what the song mean,, it has nothing to do with white ppl vs blacks in S. A its all bout election campaign nothing else
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The asterisk is found in the original comment.

Here's what I believe this commenter meant by "you no E F F is coming from the ground" = you know [that the organization] E. F. F. is rising up.

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9. Musa Johannes Sithole, 2019
"This guy cannot even differentiate between SASCO and the EFFSC. Whites are seriously ignorant when it comes to the Siuth African political dynamics. This guys are seriously lost and yet they think they can come with solutions to the challenges facing South Aftica today. What a shame."

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10. Musa Johannes Sithole, 2019
"It's surprising how ignorant white South Africans are. Malema has not invented anything in the struggle for Black South Afticans. All the songs which the EFF is singing had been sung by the elders during the struggle against apartheid. All the ideas pursued by the EFF is a continuation of the struggle started by the elders. The first non negotiable pillar of the EFF is based on the Freedom Charter. Wake up guys, the EFF is not alone in this struggle. After all, it is not EFF's struggle, it is the struggle of all economically oppressed Black South Afticans. You are barking the wrong tree. Woef! Woef!"

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11. Cbucico Cimama, 2019
"What's disturbing is this old man turning everything in S. A to whites vs blacks this song got nothing to do with whites it was SRC election battle btwn eff student command n Sasco(anc student) so eff student r singing bout Sasco here I'm not sure if sasco is white ppl myb this old man will tell us sasco mean white ppl lol"

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12. themba magubane, 2019
"Let's me help you understand what the song is about before you give yourselves unnecessary heart attacks. The song sang here by eff student command is sang against their rival or opposition SASCO not White people. It was originally sang by ANC again IFP back in the days. Where they say Malema, the original song said Mandela. It is not wise of this guy to use Google translate and thereafter cause racial tentions and wars based on a misinterpretation by Google translate. There not even a mention or reference to White people in anyway."

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13. Syanda Chonco, 2019
"Shame on you Mr ... 1, your translation is very wrong, you just out of context .2 This song is very old, it was sang in the struggle during apartheid (segregation) times. 3 . Never again try to explain or translate things that you do not understand, do your research first."

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