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A variant of "Oranje, Blanje, Blou" with a lighter shade of blue used from 1982 until the end of the National Party's reign in 1994. The South African "Red Ensign" was used unofficially as a de facto national flag until 1928; it continued being used sparsely in limited contexts until the early 1950s. The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994 ...
Flag of South Africa 1928–1994. Orange, white, and blue horizontal stripes, on the white stripe, a backwards Union Flag towards the hoist, the Orange Free State flag hanging vertically and the flag of the South African Republic, towards the fly. Used for both the Union and later Republic of South Africa.
Republic of South Africa; Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 27 April 1994; 30 years ago (): Design: A horizontal bicolour of red and blue with a black isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side and a green pall, a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, centred over the partition lines and was edged in both white against the red and the ...
University of South Africa. University of Pretoria. Occupation. State Herald of South Africa (1982–2002) Known for. Designing the flags of Namibia and South Africa. Signature. Frederick Gordon Brownell OMSS SM & Bar MMM KStJ [1] (8 March 1940 – 10 May 2019) [2] was a South African herald, vexillologist, and genealogist.
The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994. Occasionally proposed as a flag for an Afrikaner homeland or Volkstaat, but much more rarely than the Freedom flag. A Volkstaat (Afrikaans pronunciation: [fɔlkstɑːt], "People's State" [1]), also called a Boerestaat, is a proposed White homeland [2] for Afrikaners within the borders of South Africa ...
Pioneer Column. Lieutenant Edward Tyndale-Biscoe hoists the Union Jack on the kopje overlooking Fort Salisbury on the morning of 13 September 1890. The day of the column's arrival, 12 September, was a national holiday between 1920 and 1979. The Pioneer Column was a force raised by Cecil Rhodes and his British South Africa Company in 1890 and ...
South Africans opposed to minority rule also burned the (now former) South African flag, [120] viewing it as a symbol of the country's government at the time. Under the 1983 constitution desecration of the flag was a criminal offense punishable by up to five years' imprisonment.
A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks. Flag of the United States on the moon during the Apollo 15 moon landing. Flags of the United Kingdom and India are hung during a political meeting. Flag of Palestine prominently displayed on West Bank Wall graffiti art. Hoisted Nordic cross flags flying upon ...