POLOKWANE - PIETERSBURG
Province: Limpopo (until 1994 Transvaal)
Origin/meaning :
The "arms" depict symbols of mining and agriculture.
Proper heraldic arms were adopted in 1967. The blazon
was: Azure, on a fess between in chief a lion rampant
Argent armed and langued Gules and in base two
chevrons humetty and a horsehoe Argent 2 and 1, two
cogwheels Gules.
New arms were adopted in 2003: Vert, on a fess Argent
a woven grain basket between two shovels with blades
turned inward proper their handles towards centre-base
counterchanged Or, and issuant from a voided cogwheel
the inner ring cotised Argent therein a sun Or; on a
chief of the last a short-clawed lark perched upon a
leaf of the silky thorn tree proper between two
demi-peaks with points embattled Brunatre issuant from
the respective shield flanks
Literature : Image scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s
coats of arms on-line ! 
