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Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)

The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994 was the flag of the Union of South Africa from 1928 to 1961 and the flag of the Republic of South Africa to 1994. It was also the flag of South West Africa (now Namibia) to 1990, when that territory was under South African administration.

Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg
Name"Oranje, Blanje, Blou"[1]
"Union flag"[2][3]
"Apartheid flag"[4]
UseNational flag, civil and state ensign National flag, civil and state ensign Design used in the past, but now abandoned
Proportion2:3
Adopted31 May 1928 (1928-05-31)
(dark version)
1982 (1982)
(bright version)
Relinquished21 March 1990 (1990-03-21)
(South West Africa)
20 April 1994 (1994-04-20)
(South Africa)
DesignThree horizontal bands of orange, white and blue with three small flags (the Union Flag to the left, the vertical version of the flag of the Orange Free State in the centre and the flag of the South African Republic to the right) centered on the white band.

The design features three horizontal bands of orange, white and blue with three small flags (the flag of the United Kingdom to the left, the vertical version of the flag of the Orange Free State in the centre and the flag of the South African Republic to the right) centered on the white band. Because of its colours it was known as the Oranje, Blanje, Blou (Afrikaans for Orange, White, Blue) by citizens.

The flag is viewed as a symbol of apartheid and white supremacy, since 2019 it is illegal to display this flag in public in South Africa and is classified as a hate speech.[5] This ruling is seen as a political move on the part of the ANC government,[6] who has been ruling the country since 1994. The banning of the Oranje, Blanje, Blou is challenged by many in the South African Supreme Court of Appeal.[7]

Gallery

  • Prince's Flag

  • Flags of the United Kingdom, Orange Free State and South African Republic

Flag Of South Africa (1928–1994) Media

  • A variant of "Oranje, Blanje, Blou" with a lighter shade of blue used from 1982 until the end of the National Party's reign in 1994.  

  • The South African "Red Ensign" was used unofficially as a de facto national flag until 1928; it continued being used sparsely in limited contexts until the early 1950s.  

  • The Afrikaans logo of the South African Airways from 1971 to 1997, which utilised the colours of the flag.

  • The post-1994 flag of South Africa    

  • The flag at the Castle of Good Hope in 2006

  • An example of the pre-1994 flag of South Africa being used for historical purposes. This is a stained-glass window in Lockerbie Town Hall in Scotland, commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster of 1988, in which one South African died. The pre-1994 flag (without the lesser flags) can be seen at the top centre and bottom right

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named stat.
  2. ↑ Dickens, Peter (2017-03-15). "The inconvenient and unknown history of South Africa's national flags". The Observation Post. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  3. ↑ How an old Dutch flag became a racist symbol. 2015-06-22. ISSN 0013-0613 . https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2015/06/22/how-an-old-dutch-flag-became-a-racist-symbol. Retrieved 2019-08-23. 
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named gaffe.
  5. ↑ Tom Head (21 August 2019). "It's now 'illegal' to display the apartheid flag in South Africa". The South African. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ↑ ""Old flag" banned: What it's all about - Afriforum". afriforum.co.za. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ↑ "Old flag: AfriForum fights in Supreme Court of Appeal for freedom of speech - Afriforum". afriforum.co.za. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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