South Africa Flag Micro Geocoin
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Owner:
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Granny Nasty
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Released:
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
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Origin:
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Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Unknown Location
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this coin was obtained at the same time as my 100 finds geo-achievement coin.
this coin is to move from cache to cache wherever in celebrating MY personal achievement in under 6 months.
this is also to thank Red Chillie (South Africa) and Buffallo Trace (Qatar) for introducing me to this fantastic but addictive past-time.
The present South African national flag was first flown on 27 April 1994.
The flag was originally meant to be for an interim period only. However it proved to be so popular among all sections of the community that the Government decided to make it permanent.
From time to time explanations of the meanings or symbolism of the flag's colours are published in various media, including official government publications and speeches by government officials.
For example, in 2008 the KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele attributed the following meanings in an official speech:
black = black, Indian and coloured people
red = the violence that lead to freedom
white = the colonial and apartheid past
green and blue = the beauty of our land and ocean
yellow = no meaning attributed - the Sun - ambiguous
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health published the following meanings in a 2008 newsletter of theirs:
red = hardships fought in the Struggle
black and white = the different people of South Africa
yellow = our mineral wealth
green = our fertile land
blue = the African sky
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