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Coat of arms of South Africa

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New coat of arms. Old coat of arms.The slogan, Ex Unitate Vires, is in Latin and can be roughly translated as "Power Through Unity"

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The Coat of arms of South Africa was designed and first unveiled on 26 April 2000. It replaced the earlier design that had been in use in South Africa since 1910. The former coat of arms were a combination of symbols taken from the arms of the four former states, which now form South Africa. The first quarter is the figure of Hope, taken from the arms of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. The two wildebeests of the second quarter come from the arms of the Colony of Natal. The orange tree in the third quarter was used as the symbol of the Orange Free State Republic. The wagon in the fourth quarter is derived from the Republic of Transvaal. The supporters are taken from the arms of the Orange River Colony the Cape Colony.

The lower slogan !ke e: /xarra //ke is written in the Khoisan language of the /Xam people and translates literally to, "diverse people unite". In 2006, the State Herald of South Africa donned a tabard with the arms of the republic at the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in St Andrews, Scotland.

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