Southern Africa
South Africa
A horizontally based multicolour flag with a green Y-shape outlined in white, separating red and blue bands with a black triangle edged in yellow at the hoist. It was created for South Africa’s 1994 democratic transition.
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Adopted
1994
Proportion
2:3
Colours
6
Colours & their meaning
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Red
No official symbolism.
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Blue
No official symbolism.
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Green
No official symbolism.
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Black
No official symbolism.
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Yellow
No official symbolism.
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White
No official symbolism.
Symbols & emblems
Y-shape
The converging Y-shape is widely understood to symbolize the coming together of diverse elements in South African society.
Did you know?
Despite many popular interpretations, the South African government states that the flag’s colours have no official individual symbolism.