1882 - 1955 Person Name: Andries van Tonder, 1882-1955 Hymnal Title: Community of Christ Sings Author of "Siyahamb' Ekukhanyen' Kwenkhos' (We Are Marching in the Light of God)" in Community of Christ Sings An elder in the Judith Church, van Tonder is sometimes credited with writing the words and/or composing the music of the South African anthem "Siyahamba Ekukhanyen' Kwenkhos'" (We are marching in the light of God). If he wrote the words, they were probably in Afrikaans, as sources that credit him with the authorship also usually specify that the Zulu translation is by Thabo Mkize. Other sources credit Thabo Mkize with the authorship (originally in Zulu), while others call the text "traditional".
Andries van Tonder