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by Mark Sensen,
03 Jun 1996
Eastern Transvaal was last month renamed Mpumalanga (Where the sun
rises).
Bruce Berry, 15 Sep 1995
A rectangular flag in the proportion of 2:3, divided horizontally from the hoist, 3/10 of the distance from the lower edge to where it intersects a diagonal line drawn from the lower hoist corner to the upper flag corner, it follows that line up to 3/10 the distance from the upper edge, from where it inclines horizontally to the fly, yellow above green; adjoining the central partition line, a blue upper and white lower stripe respectively, each 1/10 the width of the flag and in the upper hoist a red Barberton daisy, in diameter one half the width of the flag, its petals equidistant from the upper edge, hoist and blue stripe respectively, with a yellow heart, in diameter 1/10 the width of the flag.
In short - a red Barberton daisy in the canton on a yellow background,
under which are two small blue and white stripes starting below the the
daisy and then bending (inclining) diagonally upwards before straightening
horizontally to the fly edge of the flag. The lower half of the fly side
of the flag is green. The diagonal is meant to represent the escarpment
which is the main topographical feature of the province. The Barberton
daisy is indigenous to the area.
An illustration of the flag and new Arms of the province is shown in
the SAVA Newsletter (April 1996).
Bruce Berry, 03 Jun 1996
![[Coat of Arms of Mpumalanga]](../images/z/za)mp.jpg)
image from this
site, reported by JJ Andersson, 5 May 2002
ARMS: Per bend sinister, inclined in the flanks per fess, Or and Vert,
surmounting the partition a bend sinister per bend sinister, all similarly
inclined, Azure and Argent, in dexter chief a Barberton daisy Gules, seeded
Or; the shield ensigned of a coronet comprising a circlet Or jewelled of
lozenges Sable and heightened of four rays alternating with as many Barberton
daisies, Or.
SUPPORTERS: Two kudu proper.
MOTTO: OMNIA LABOR VINCIT
Registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry on 25 March 1996.
JJ Andersson, 05 May 2002
The following municipal flags were registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry. These flags are no longer in use following the introduction of a new municipal dispensation in South Africa after 2000.
Ermelo transitional local council (TLC) has a municipal flag registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry on 26 Jun 1998 which is described as:Ermelo Town Council (previous flag) was registered on 3 September 1969
and described as:
Three horizontal stripes, green, white and red, the white charged with
the shield of the Ermelo municipal arms (to wit: Per pale, dexter Or, a
mining headgear Sable; sinister Vert, a sheep-shear and spade in saltire, handles upwards, Argent; on a chief
Gules a phoenix on a nest enflamed, Or. Motto: STABILITER PROGREDIENS).
Piet Retief
municipality has a municipal flag registered with the South African Bureau of
Heraldry on 6 January1972 described as:
Palewise, red, white and green, the white charged with
the shield from the municipal arms.
Evander municipality has a municipal flag
registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry on 20 June 1980 with the
following description:
A rectangular flag, proportion three by two tierced horizontally,
red, checky yellow and green, and red, on each red stripe, a yellow star,
from the hoist a triangle of yellow, extending one third of the length
of the flag, charged with a red pick and
shovel in saltire, handles downwards.
Machadadorp municipality has a municipal
flag registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry on 12 October 1984 with
the following description:
A rectangular flag, proportions three by two, consisting
of three horizontal bands of equal width, blue, white and blue, on
the white four pallets couped surmounted by two barrulets, all black; in
the hoist, on a green trapezium fimbriated white, an ox-wagon also
white.
Belfast Town Council has a municipal flag registered with the South
African Bureau of Heraldry on 27 February 1995 with the following description:
A rectangular flag per Scandinavian cross, with proportion
2:3, consisting of a hoist third in green and yellow, charged with two
yellow ram's heads caboshed in pale and a red tower respectively, the fly
in yellow and red, charged with a tower and two fir trees in fess, counterchanged,
respectively.
Source: Data
of the Bureau of Heraldry on registered heraldic representations.
Mark Sensen, 19 May 2002
Illustrations of the above flags, with the
exceptions of Ermelo TLC and Belfast Town Council, can be seen in SAVA
Journal 1/92 (ed).
