
Enoch Sontonga
Sontonga Lofts, located adjacent to the Sontonga Memorial Park and situated on Enoch Sontonga Street pays homage to the man best known for penning the hymn that would become the continent's most famous anthem of the struggle against oppression.
A teacher and lay preacher from the Eastern Cape, Sontonga wrote the first verse and chorus of 'Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' (God Bless Africa) in 1897 and later that year composed the music.
Now unmistakably distinctive, 'Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' has been reworked and adopted as South Africa's national anthem and has also been incorporated into the national anthems of Zambia, Tanzania and Namibia.