HARARE
ARMS: On an African war shield, Azure, seven piles conjoined at the fess
point Or, overall a fess Gules fimbriated on the second charged with two
tobacco leaves in bend and bend sinister respectively and in base a
representation of the Zimbabwe Bird in Gold; behind the escutcheon a long
pointed hunting spear in dexter and an oval headed war spear in sinister in
saltire proper.
SUPPORTERS: On a mound Vert on either side a sable antelope proper and in
base two Flame Lilies (Glorisa superba) in saltire proper.
MOTTO (in Shona): "PAMBERI NEKUSHANDIRA VANHU" (Forward with Service to the
People).
The Arms were granted on 21 April 1986 and replace the Arms previously granted to the City of Salisbury in 1939.
The arms are a traditional African war shield, with the tobacco leaves as a symbol for agriculture around Harare. The flames and the Zimbabwe bird represent the birth of a new nation. The antelopes are derived from the arms of Salisbury.
Literature : Tonson, A. E. The arms of the city of Harare. ARMA 1663-1664.
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