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In East Africa, the kanzu is the traditional dress worn by Swahili-speaking men. Women wear the kanga and the gomesi. In Southern Africa, distinctive shirts are worn, like the long dresses they wear. For instance, the Republic of South Africa is known for the Madiba shirt, whereas Zimbabwe is known for the safari shirt.
Basic headgear for police officers is a peaked cap for men and a round bowler style hat for women. Caps and bowlers feature a hat band incorporating the Sillitoe tartan checkerboard design. This band is not worn in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where female officers also wear a peaked cap of a different pattern.
For women, although fundamental customs for formal ball gowns (and wedding gowns) likewise apply, changes in fashion have been more dynamic. Traditional formal headgear for men is the top hat, and for women picture hats etc. of a range of interpretations. Shoes for men are dress shoes, dress boots or pumps and for women heeled dress pumps.
the chief of the south african national defence force’s badge for voluntary reserve force service (bvrs) The Badge for voluntary service is awarded to Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks of the Reserve Force of the South African National Defence Force who complete a period of five years of exemplary voluntary ...
Female UK diplomatic uniform, as worn by the Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in 2014. A simplified diplomatic uniform is worn by His Majesty's Diplomatic Service Heads of Mission (ambassadors, high commissioners, etc.) on formal occasions such as the presentation of credentials. As worn by Deputy Heads of Mission, the uniform consists of a ...
It was adopted as mess dress by British military officers, leading to the name mess jacket. It was also soon adopted as a popular women's fashion on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1790–1820 Regency style period [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The spencer was worn as a cardigan , or as a short, fitted jacket cut to just above waist level, or, in ...
Female advocates wear dark formal clothing under their gowns but no neckwear. Advocates who have become KCs or judges wear long scarf-like ties (known as falls) instead of bands. Advocates now wear business dress, such as a dark suit, unless the court is dealing with a criminal matter, breach of interdict or contempt of court or the sheriff or ...
In 1993 GSM was demonstrated for the first time in Africa at Telkom '93 in Cape Town. In 1994 the first GSM networks in Africa were launched in South Africa. [16] In 1994, South Africa launched a mobile operations, underwritten by Telkom in partnership with Vodafone, with 36,000 active customer on the network. [17]