The damage is done.Get over it.South Africa must look passed this terrible issue and concentrate on showing the world that we are a nation to be proud of.No matter how many excuses are heard from the rasterfarian.The deed was done and cannot be reversed.
I would like to add this. I wonder how Simon Powell would have rated him in" The world has talent"Just a thought

Go ahead, blame this one on apartheid as well. Being a thieving swine should be considered treason in my book. In other words, all ANC MP's should be in the chookie.

WTF!!, I strongly agree, Only those south africans who can sing the Anthem in ALL five languages without mumbling or better yet, understand the meaning, can accuse RAS of treason, the rest S.T.F. UP!

Everyday people get murdered, hijacked, raped, burgled etc... yet here we are debating what the punishment should be for a doped up rasta who sang off key.... shows of the intelligence in this country I tell you.

lol yeah treason is stealing from your own people facing a multitude of corruption charges getting away with it and then getting promoted within the ANC for a more senior role.

Sure the bloke can't sing but someone should have picked that up long before he got a mike in his hand.

90% of south africans dont know the anthem and cant hold a note, so 90% black white and purple south africans should be held liable for treason.

What nonsense....from one, if not the, most corrupt goverment in the world!

Treason is when our so-called politicians spend our hard earned tax payers money on lavish trips and hotel stays and all the corruption with the ANC! Thais is treason.

I never realized that the day would come that I would agree with an ANC MP - but charge that dope smoking pot hat!

typical S.A.= a another 'balls-up' - at a rugby match.Ha, Ha.......

For the very first time I have to agree with the ANC on this one. I know, they themselves are screwing around here at home with corruption and service delivery and they should also be held liable for that. But what Ras did was just way out of line and we musn't just let it go because we are used to this kind of sh*t all the time. We have to draw a line, otherwise we are going nowhere.

The guy knew he doesn't know the song but he went forth to embarass all an sundry, it is way unacceptable and of course he should be charged with treason.
Out flag and our national anthem are the only two things out there that speaks about us as a country and when people do whatever they please with them, a lesson needs to be taught.

1. Maybe treason is a bit harsh, but Ras should be fined a heavy fine such that he will regret ever saying YES instead of NO.

2. The entire SA staff of our embassy in France, especially those who participated in issuing Ras'name to Frace officials needs to be redeployed somewhere in Sudan or Rwandan embassy and they should be asked to sing the national anthem and also be trained on how to represent the country abroad. What a disgrace.

3. France should be banned from hosting any rugby game for the next 12 months.

We should acknowledge that people have fought throughout their lives for this national anthem and the flag - the least we can do is to make sure that we honour them through proper handling and respecting these items.

If this flag was still the old-regime one, be rest assured, sh*t was gonna be hitting the fan as we speak. someone was gonna be in jail as we speak. We have to draw a line, enough is enough, we are becoming a laughing stock nation. Without a respect to our flag and a national anthem, we are nothing ... We need to know when to say it is ENOUGH without favor or prejudice ...