Flag of South Africa

The Drapeau of the South Africa is used since the April 27th 1994 and marks the end of the Apartheid.

Description

The reason shows the idea of convergence and the unification. The Black , the Green and the Jaune represent the colors of the flag of ANC while the colors red, Blanc He and Bleu E represent the old republic of the Boer S.

There is another significance:

blue represents the sea
the green the African ground.
the white European natives.
yellow gold bearing richness of the country.
red the blood poured during the internal conflicts (white/white, black/black, white/black)
the " Y" reversed symbolizes the junction and the union of all these components.

History

See also: South-African Flag of 1927 to 1994

The old flag of South Africa went back to 1928.

The orange, white and blue bands horizontal (Princevlag) paid homage to the Dutch flag of 1652, date on which Jan van Riebeeck accosted in South Africa.

With the center of the flag were laid out the Union Jack English at the side of the emblems of the Orange and the Transvaal.

This flag symbolized the white history of the country.

It had succeeded itself the British red ensegn, often used and adapted in the British colonies and dominions.

In the Sixties, it had been planned to modify it to remove the reference to the Union Jack and to replace the flags of the center by a Springbok and of Protéas whereas the orange, white and blue colors would have been laid out vertically.

The project was abandoned in 1971.

Another house of use

The South-African navy uses a modified version, of which the provision remains identical to the old naval house former to) 1994. Only, the national references in the canton were modified.

This house is an adaptation of the houses of the British navy.

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