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The national flag of South Africa was designed in March 1994 and adopted on 27 April 1994, during South Africa's 1994 general election, to replace the previous flag used from 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 later the flag of the Republic of South Africa until 1994. It was also the flag for South West Africa (now Namibia) under the former's administration (until 1990).
The orange-white-blue tricolour of the 17th-century Netherlands was the basis for the national flag officially hoisted on May 31, 1928, by the Union of South Africa. The British Union Jack and the flags of the Transvaal and Orange Free State were added to the centre of that flag.
The design of the South African flag originated from a former South African State Herald known as Fred Brownell. The flag was hoisted for the first time on April 27, 1994. The decision to adopt Brownell’s flag did not come easily.
23 lip 2020 · The new South African national flag first flew on the 10th of May 1994 – the day that Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa, two weeks after the country’s first democratic elections. The South African flag painted on a stone.
8 cze 2001 · The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history.
8 cze 2001 · The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald, Mr Fred Brownell, and was first used on 27 April 1994. The design and colours are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history.
