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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 ...
Flag Date Use Description 1652–1795: The Prince's Flag: A horizontal triband of orange, white and blue.: 1652–1795: States Flag: A horizontal triband of red, white and blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current national flag
Flag of South Africa since 1994. National Flag of the Union – authorised by the Union Flags and Nationality Act 1927, and introduced in 1928. Renamed the "National Flag of the Republic" in 1961, [7] it was used until 1994. National Flag – the current flag, introduced in 1994.
The post-1994 flag of South Africa The flag at the Castle of Good Hope in 2006 An example of the pre-1994 flag of South Africa being used for historical purposes. This is a stained-glass window in Lockerbie Town Hall in Scotland, commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster of 1988, in which one South African died.
Rework the St. George's Cross based on two paths from File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg: 12:00, 6 October 2019: 900 × 600 (3 KB) Great Brightstar: Adjust the size of three small flags, for example, the Orange Free State flag retains 2:3 ratio, but the height is half of the white stripe of main flag. See South Africa - National 1928-1994 ...
The Union Nationality and Flags Act 1928 also provided that the new flag of the Union of South Africa and the Union Jack would be flown together as joint official flags of South Africa. [6] [7] The South Africa Red Ensign ceased being used as the unofficial national flag but was retained in maritime usage as the merchant ensign until 1951. [8]
The design of the new South African national flag, SABS Bulletin, XIII, 3, May/June 1994 (subsequently reprinted in the Journal of the Dental Association of South Africa, Vol. 49, II, November 1994) Creating an interim flag for South Africa , in The Flag Bulletin, XXXIII, 3/158, May – June 1994 (co-authored with B B Berry, D de Waal and T ...
In 1856, the Voortrekker territories north of the Vaal River agreed to unite as the "South African Republic". A constitution was drawn up and a flag designed. The flag, known as the Vierkleur (English: "Four colour") was raised in Potchefstroom on 6 January 1857, and was ratified by the Volksraad of the South African Republic (legislature) on 18 February 1858.