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The motto on the former coat of arms of South Africa. Ex unitate vires (lit. "from unity, strength") is a Latin phrase formerly used as the national motto of South Africa.It was originally translated as "Union is Strength" but was later revised in 1961 to mean "Unity is Strength".
One Settler, One Bullet was a rallying cry and slogan originated by the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), during the struggle of the 1980s against apartheid in South Africa.
After South Africa became a republic in 1961, the flag was retained as the national flag, despite the country having left the Commonwealth. In 1968, Prime Minister John Vorster proposed that a new national flag for South Africa be adopted in 1971 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the declaration of a republic. [7]
South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of the nation's ...
The flag was replaced in 1994 when Nelson Mandela won national elections, ending apartheid. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The post Court upholds ban on South Africa’s apartheid-era flag ...
The term has since been incorporated into the preamble of the 1996 Constitution of South Africa as a central tenet of post-apartheid South Africa [23] and is currently the national motto, as written in the extinct ǀXam language: ǃke e꞉ ǀxarra ǁke
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa argued at the United Nations’ top court on Tuesday that Israel is responsible for apartheid against the Palestinians and that Israel’s occupation ...
France's national motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, seen on a public building in Belfort.. This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states, non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories are listed, but their names are not bolded.