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ficial flag until 1957 when the flag of the union of south africa became the sole official flag 1928 1982 flag of the republic union of south africa the flag using a darker shade of union blue common before the early 1980s 1982 1994 flag of the republic of south africa the flag using a lighter shade of solway blue as specified by the south african government in 1982 homeland flags 1966 1994 edit nine of the ten black homelands which were created inside south african federation under the apartheid system had their own flags i e transkei 1966 94 bophuthatswana 1973 94 ciskei 1973 94 gazankulu 1973 94 venda 1973 94 lebowa 1974 94 qwaqwa 1975 94 kwazulu 1977 94 and kwandebele 1982 94 kangwane was the only homeland that never adopted its own distinctive flag instead using the national flag of south africa all these flags became obsolete when south africa reincorporated the homelands on 27 april 1994 flag date homeland description 1966 1994 transkei 1973 1994 bophuthatswana 1973 1994 ciskei 1973 1994 gazankulu 1973 1994 venda 1974 1994 lebowa 1975 1994 qwaqwa 1977 1985 kwazulu 1 1982 1994 kwandebele 1985 1994 kwazulu 2 sporting flags 1992 1994 edit as a result of the sporting boycott of south africa over its policy of apartheid south africa did not participate in the olympic games between 1964 and 1988 the country was re admitted to the olympic movement in 1991 3 as a result of a dispute over what flag and national anthem to use following readmission the team participated in the 1992 summer olympic games under the national olympic committee flag the flag consisted of a white field charged with grey diamond which represented the countries mineral wealth three cascading bands of blue red and green which represented the sea the land and agriculture respectively and the olympic rings 4 3 this flag was also used to represent the south african team at the 1992 summer paralympics team uniforms included the emblem of olympic committee of south africa which depicted olympic rings surrounded by olive branches with the name of the country above the team would use beethoven s ode to joy as its victory anthem at these games at the 1994 winter games south africa participated under the flag of its olympic committee flag used to represent the south african team at the 1992 summer olympics and at the 1992 summer paralympics flag used to represent the south african team at the 1994 winter olympics national flag 1994 present edit south africa was reconstituted as a unitary democratic state with equal rights for men and women of all races in 1994 the old flag s long association with the apartheid era made it unacceptable for the new dispensation and the state herald frederick brownell therefore designed a new flag approved by the transitional executive council tec on 20 march 1994 and officially authorised by state president f w de klerk on 20 april 1994 it was officially hoisted a week later on 27 april 1994 the new flag was intended as an interim measure but it proved so popular that when the final constitution was prepared in 1996 it became the permanent flag flag date use description 1994 present flag of the republic of south africa governmental flags edit governor of the cape colony 1876 1910 governor of the natal colony 1905 1907 governor of the orange river colony 1902 1910 governor of the transvaal colony 1904 1910 high commissioner for southern africa 1907 1931 high commissioner for southern africa 1931 1968 governor general of south africa 1910 1931 governor general of south africa 1931 1952 governor general of south africa 1952 1961 state president of south africa 1961 1984 state president of south africa 1984 1994 civil air ensign edit 1930s military flags edit south african defence force edit 1947 1981 1981 1994 south african national defence force edit 1994 2003 2003 present national defence department edit joint operations division department of military veterans south african army edit 1951 1973 1973 1994 1994 2002 2002 2003 2003 present south african air force edit 1920 1940 1940 1951 1951 1958 1958 1967 1967 1970 approved but not used 1970 1981 1981 1982 1982 1994 1994 2003 2003 present south african navy edit main article south african naval ensign naval ensign 1922 1946 naval ensign 1946 1951 naval ensign 1951 1952 approved but not used naval ensign 1952 1959 naval ensign 1959 1981 naval ensign 1981 1994 naval colour 1981 1994 naval ensign 1994 present naval colour c 1998 police flags edit south african police edit until 1994 south african police service edit 1995 present provincial flags edit 1910 1994 edit between 1910 and 1994 south africa was divided into four provinces cape province natal orange free state and transvaal these provinces had their own coat of arms but not their own flags 1994 present edit in april 1994 south africa was divided into nine provinces each province was granted a coat of arms in most cases designed by state herald frederick brownell currently only one province mpumalanga has adopted an official provincial flag doing so in february 1996 5 the other eight provinces can be represented by white banners charged with their coats of arms banner of eastern cape banner of free state province banner of gauteng banner of kwazulu natal banner of limpopo flag of mpumalanga banner of north west province banner of northern cape banner of western cape house flags edit flag of the south african marine corporation 1969 2020 flag of the thesen s steamship company proposed flags edit flags proposed in the 1910s edit 1910 proposal white 1910 proposal red flags proposed in the 1920s edit flags from the 1925 1926 public flag competition edit the government of south africa opened a competition open to the public while the walker flag had some support ultimately none of the designs were chosen 6 7 proposal for the flag of south africa 1926 four color version the walker flag proposal for the flag of south africa boxes version proposal for the flag of south africa orange cross version proposal for the flag of south africa southern cross stripes version proposal for the flag of south africa southern cross circle version proposal for the flag of south africa bordered version proposal for the flag of south africa five colors with white stripes version proposal for the flag of south africa five colors with boxes version proposal for the flag of south africa six stripes version proposal for the flag of south africa six stripes netherlands version proposal for the flag of south africa checkered version proposal for the flag of south africa six stripes with box version flags from the 1927 flag commission edit in 1927 the government set up a flag commission which came up with three designs the cross flags due to the opposition insisting on the union jack being featured the commission created three more designs at the flag conference in april and may of 1927 6 proposal for the flag of south africa 1927 red cross version proposal for the flag of south africa 1927 white cross version proposal for the flag of south africa 1927 green version committee proposal 1 committee proposal 2 committee proposal 3 flags put forward in 1927 by sap government and senate edit in june of 1927 the south african party proposed a flag with four elements divided by a white cross and the government proposed a version with a shield defacing the prinsenvlag the senate then combined elements from both into a third proposal finally in october of 1927 a compromise was reached and the flag of south africa 1928 1994 was introduced 6 proposal for the flag of south africa 1927 four quadrants version proposed by the south african party 1927 proposal by the government 1927 proposal by the senate flags proposed in the 1960s edit in the 1960s there was pressure to change the flag particularly from afrikaners who resented the fact that the union flag was a part of the flag the then prime minister dr hendrik verwoerd had his assistant secretary hc blatt design a clean flag comprising three vertical stripes of orange white and blue with a leaping springbok over a wreath of six proteas in the centre designed but he was assassinated before he could introduce it and the project died with him in 1966 8 proposal for the flag of south africa 1965 the verwoerd flag flags proposed in the 1990s edit 1992 contest by the natal witness edit the natal witness newspaper held a competition for a new flag design which was won by lalsingh ramlukan with a design featuring four cupped hands and a blue dove 6 designs shortlisted by the commission on national symbols edit the commission on national symbols proposed six designs in october 1993 9 proposal 1 proposal 2 proposal 3 proposal 4 proposal 5 proposal 6 designs proposed graphic design studios edit a group of professional graphic design studios proposed several flag designs in november 1993 9 designs shortlisted by the joint technical working committee edit the joint technical working committee shortlisted 5 designs in february 1994 a further design was proposed also by the african national congress anc based on a design shortlisted in october 1993 proposal 4 designed by state herald frederick brownell was submitted to the transitional executive council and approved as the final choice for the new flag 9 proposal 1 proposal 2 proposal 3 proposal 4 proposal 5 proposal by anc see also edit south africa portal flag of south africa flag of south africa 1928 1994 national symbols of south africa coat of arms of south africa flag of the south african republic flag of the orange free state flag of the cape colony flag of stellaland flag of the natalia republic notes edit this replaced the orange free state republican flag the flag is the colonial flag which replaced the vierkleur of the south african republic horizontally red white and blue with a vertical green stripe at the hoist 1 2 july 23 1992 south africa returns to olympics after 32 years gulf news 22 july 2017 retrieved 30 may 2021 south african olympic flags crwflags com retrieved 30 may 2021 mpumalanga province south africa crwflags com retrieved 30 may 2021 1 2 3 4 south africa proposals for new flags fotw flags of the world website crampton william g 1990 flag competitions the world of flags a pictorial history london studio editions p 155 isbn 9781851704262 berry bruce 25 june 2015 south africa 1928 1994 fotw flags of the world 1 2 3 brownell frederick gordon 2015 convergence and unification the national flag of south africa 1994 in historical perspective phd thesis university of pretoria hdl 2263 50847 references edit beckett d 2002 flying with pride brownell f g 1993 national and provincial symbols burgers a p 1997 sovereign flags of south africa burgers a p 2008 the south african flag book pama c 1965 lions and virgins pama c 1984 die vlae van suid afrika external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to flags of south africa southern african vexillological association sava south africa national index at flags 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