President Cyril Ramaphosa encouraged South Africans during his virtual 2020 National Heritage Day keynote address to continue celebrating unity and setting worldwide trends.
He expressed pride that the Jerusalema Challenge is continuing to trend on social media platforms.
Ramaphosa says, “We are the nation that is taking the world by storm with the #JerusalemaChallenge – as young and old in many countries around the world, in France, the UK, Jamaica, Angola and Palestine are getting in on the craze of this song and dance.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2020 Heritage Day message:
We are the nation that is taking the world by storm with the #JerusalemaChallenge, as young and old in France, the UK, Jamaica, Angola and even in Palestinian East Jerusalem itself are getting in on the craze.
#heritageday2020 pic.twitter.com/uD6cuIzYpy— Cyril Ramaphosa ?? #StaySafe (@CyrilRamaphosa) September 24, 2020
Master KG’s Jerusalema challenge goes viral
The world erupted in dance to South Africa’s hit song ‘Jerusalema’. The song, which was released last year has reached Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Germany, France among others.
The brains behind the hit, Kgaogelo Moagi – more popularly known as Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode received the international stamp of approval for the song after dance challenges went viral on social media of people around the world dancing to the hit under the hashtag ‘Jerusalema Dance Challenge’.
Master KG says the song asks for God’s guidance.