SOUTH AFRICA
Republiek van Suid-Afrika - Republic of South Africa - IRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika - IRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika - IRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika - Rephaboliki ya Afrika-Borwa - Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa - Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa - IRiphabhulikhi yeNingizimu Afrika - Riphabubliki ya Afurika Tshipembe - Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga

The National Arms

The National Flag ( from www.fotw.net)

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South Africa has a complicated history with regard to administrative bodies. Historically the country was divided in States. Some time during the apartheid regime semi-independent black homelands were created. Recently new, smaller, provinces were created. The States (and provinces) are divided in smaller units. Different types have existed through the centuries, some with arms, some without. In addition cities and municipalities also existed as separate, even smaller units, again some with arms, some without. I have divided the South African Civic Heraldry in the groups below : States and Provinces, Homelands, Disctrict councils and the like, and cities and municipalities.

South Africa has 11 official languages, English, Afrikaans and 9 Bantu languages, which are not spoken all over the country. In this index page I will only mention English or Afrikaans, sometimes both when both are commonly used or not very similar (like Cape Town/Kaapstad). On the pages of the individual towns I will include the local Bantu name, whenever I know the name.

Coat of arms of States and Provinces (including colonial grants) Cape of Good Hope colony Cape Province - Kaap-provinsie Eastern Cape Province - Ooskaap-provinsie Free State Province Gauteng Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Province Mpumalanga Natal Northern Cape Province Northern Province North West Province Orange River Colony Oranje Vrijstaat (republic) Orange Free State - Oranje Vrijstaat(province) Transvaal Western Cape Province Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek

Coat of arms of Former Homelands Basotho-Qwaqwa Bophuthatswana Ciskei Gazankulu Kwazulu Lebowa Transkei Venda

Coat of arms of Towns, cities and municipalities

Aar, De Algoa Regional Services Council Aliwal North Barberton Beaufort Benoni Bethlehem Bloemfontein Blouberg Camdeboo District Council Cape Town - Kaapstad Central Transitional District Council Ceres Constantia Valley Cradock Despatch Durban East Londen / Oos-londen Ekurhuleni Ermelo Fetakgomo Ficksburg George Germiston Grahamstown Harrismith Hibberdene Ibhayi Johannesburg Kaapstad - Cape Town Kimberley Knysna Kokstad Kroonstad Mafeking Middelburg Mossel Bay Msukaligwa Nkangala District Municipality Nomathamsanqa-Addo

Oos-londen / East Londen Oosvaal District Council Oudtshoorn Paarl Pietermaritzburg Pietersburg Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth Divisional Council Pretoria Queenstown Rawsonville Richards Bay Rondebosch Roodepoort Simonstown Somerset East Stellenbosch Swellendam Thaba Nchu Thabazimbi Uitenhage Umtata Vereeniging Volksrust Walmer Welkom Wellington Western District District Council Worcester Zululand

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