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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.
KwaZulu-Natal finally has its own new Coat of Arms after more than ten years of political bickering over its design.
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.
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 ...
Discover the national symbols of South Africa. Learn what the King Protea flower, Yellowwood tree, Springbok antelope, Galjoen fish, and Blue Crane bird mean in SA.
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: South African coat of ...
The South African coat of arms may become a standard feature on all school uniforms come 2017, to "motivate support and promote the national symbol".
Reverse Image: South African coat of arms. Reverse Text: TEN SHILLINGS / SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK / SUID-AFRIKAANSE RESERWE- BANK / TIEN SHILLINGS / EX UNITATE VIRES ...
Deputy defence minister Mluleki George will attend the 90th commemoration of the Battle of Delville Wood in France for the unveiling of a new South African coat of arms.
The Mandela name continues to be somewhat contested in South Africa. Royal House of Mandela coat of arms. Picture: @AndiMakinana/Twitter ...
Oldest drawing ever found discovered in South African cave, archaeologists say Abstract marks made in ochre 73,000 years ago provide unique insight into minds of our distant ancestors ...