List of South African flags

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This is a list of flags used in South Africa

Contents 1 National flag 2 Military flags 3 Municipal flags 4 Historical flags 4.1 National flags 4.2 Former Boer Republics and Cape Colony 4.3 Viceregal flags

[edit] National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1994 –	Flag of South Africa	Two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal Y (pall), the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side (and follow the flag's diagonals). The Y embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands.

[edit] Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of the South African Army	A red ensign, with the South African flag in the canton, and defaced with the Army's badge
		Ensign of the South African Navy	A green cross on a white field with the South African flag in the canton
		Ensign of the South African Air Force	A light blue ensign with the South African Flag in the canton.

[edit] Municipal flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1997 –	Flag of Johannesburg	A fimbriated vertical tricolour of blue, green, and red, with the coat of arms of the city displayed within a white circle within a yellow-bordered black diamond centered in the wider middle band.

[edit] Historical flags

[edit] National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1928 - 1994	Former National Flag of South Africa	Orange, white, and blue horizontal stripes. The South African addition to the design was three smaller flags centred in the white stripe. The smaller flags were the Union Flag towards the hoist, the Orange Free State Vierkleur hanging vertically and the Transvaal Vierkleur towards the fly
	1910 - 1928	South African Red Ensign	A British Red Ensign with the coat of arms of the Union of South Africa

[edit] Former Boer Republics and Cape Colony

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1875 - 1910	Flag of Cape Colony	A British Blue Ensign with the colony's coat of arms surrounded in a white circle
		Flag of the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic)	Three horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue (mirroring the flag of the Netherlands), with a vertical green stripe at the hoist
		Flag of the Orange Free State	Three orange and four white horizontal stripes with the Dutch flag in the canton
	1839 - 1843	Flag of the Natalia Republic

[edit] Viceregal flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1931 - 1961	Flag of the Governor-General	A crowned lion standing on a crown with the words "Union of South Africa" in both English and Afrikaans
	1910 - 1931	Flag of the Governor-General	A Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms of the Union of South Africa

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