During the ceremony — which commemorates the South Africans who perished in World War I — a new South African coat of arms will be unveiled at the South African memorial on the site.

New passports embossed with the old apartheid-era coat of arms are still being issued by the department of home affairs, six years after South Africa introduced its new coat of arms.

In 2000, President Thabo Mbeki’s office approached the Rock Art Research Institute because they wanted an indigenous rock art image to grace the coat of arms of the new South Africa.

South Africa's coat of arms does not recognise women. The national symbol of our country, on all official documents from birth to death only bears the image of two men. The time has now come to ...

In 2000, President Thabo Mbeki's office approached the Rock Art Research Institute because they wanted an indigenous rock art image to grace the coat of arms of the new South Africa.