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The flag of South Africa was designed in March 1994 and adopted on 27 April 1994, during South Africa 's 1994 general election, to replace the previous flag used from 1928–1994 . The flag has horizontal bands of red (on the top) and blue (on the bottom), of equal width, separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal "Y ...
The flag reflected the Union's predecessors. The basis was the Prince's Flag (royal tricolour) of the Netherlands, with the addition of a Union Jack to represent the Cape and Natal, the former Orange Free state flag, and the former South African Republic flag. Until 1957, the flag was flown subordinate to the British Union Jack.
State President's flag (1) – blue, displaying the national coat of arms below the letters SP. Used from 1961 to 1984. [1] State President's flag (2) – orange, white, and blue triangles, displaying the national coat of arms below the letters SP. Used from 1984 to 1994. [1]
A variant of "Oranje, Blanje, Blou" with a lighter shade of blue used from 1982 until the end of the National Party's reign in 1994. The South African "Red Ensign" was used unofficially as a de facto national flag until 1928; it continued being used sparsely in limited contexts until the early 1950s. The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994 ...
The colonial era of South Africa's history came to an end on 31 May 1961, when the colonial state became a republic as a consequence of the 1960 referendum, thus manifesting the independent Republic of South Africa . From 1948–1994, South African politics was dominated by Afrikaner nationalism.
The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...
South Africa: 1652 1664 1795 1801 1875 1910 1912 1928 1982 1994 South Africa: 1854 South Sudan: 1844 1882 1885 1899 1922 1952 1956 1970 2011 2023 South Sudan: Spain: 1506 1701 1760 1785 1873 1875 1931 1936 1938 1945 1977 1981 Spain: Sri Lanka: 161 BC: 1593 1815 1948 1951 1972 Sri Lanka: Sudan: 1844 1882 1885 1899 1922 1952 1956 1970 Sudan ...
This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi ...