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# File:Flag of South Africa.svg

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DescriptionFlag of South Africa.svg | English: Flag of South Africa Afrikaans: Vlag van Suid-Afrika Sesotho sa Leboa: Folaga ya Afrika Borwa SiSwati: Umjeka we-INingizimu Afrika Sesotho: Folaga ye Afrika Borwa Setswana: Folaga la Aferika Borwa Xitsonga: Mujeko ya Afrika-Dzonga Tshivenda: Folaga la Afurika Tshipembe IsiXhosa: iFulegi laseMzantsi Afrika IsiZulu: iFulegi laseNingizimu Afrika العربية: علم جنوب أفريقيا Bosanski: Zastava Južnoafričke Republike Dansk: Sydafrikas flag Deutsch: Flagge Südafrikas Ελληνικά: Σημαία της Νότιας Αφρικής Esperanto: Flago de Sud-Afriko Français : Drapeau de l'Afrique du Sud עברית: דגל דרום אפריקה हिन्दी: दक्षिण अफ्रीका का ध्वज Hrvatski: Zastava Južnoafričke Republike Italiano: Bandiera del Sudafrica 日本語: 南アフリカの国旗 Latina: Vexillum Africae Australis Nederlands: Vlag van Zuid-Afrika Polski: Flaga Republiki Południowej Afryki Português: Bandeira da África do Sul Русский: Флаг Южно-Африканской Республики Slovenščina: Zastava Južnoafriške Republike Srpski (latinica)‎: Zastava Južnoafričke Republike Svenska: Sydafrikas flagga தமிழ்: தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவின் கொடி Українська: Прапор Південно-Африканської Республіки اردو: جنوبی افریقہ کا پرچم Volapük: Stän Sulüdafrikäna Colours:[1]
green | rendered as `RGB 000 122 077` | Pantone 3415 C
yellow | rendered as `RGB 255 182 018` | Pantone 1235 C
red | rendered as `RGB 222 056 049` | Pantone 179 C
blue | rendered as `RGB 000 035 149` | Pantone Reflex Blue C
white | rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`
black | rendered as `RGB 000 000 000` | Pantone 30
Date | 1992
Source | Per specifications in the Constitution of South Africa, Schedule 1 - National flag
Author | Flag design by Frederick Brownell, image by Wikimedia Commons users
Permission (Reusing this file) |
| This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
| This image was first published in South Africa and is in the public domain because it is an image of or from an official text of a legislative, administrative or legal nature or an official translation of such a text. According to the Copyright Act, 1978 (as amended), § 12 (8) (a), "No copyright shall subsist in official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or in official translations of such texts." |
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
| This work is in the public domain in the U.S. because it is an edict of a government, local or foreign. See § 313.6(C)(2) of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, 3rd ed. 2014 (Compendium (Third)) . Such documents include "legislative enactments, judicial decisions, administrative rulings, public ordinances, or similar types of official legal materials." These do not include works first published by the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies, or by the Organization of American States. See Compendium (Third) § 313.6(C)(2) and 17 U.S.C. § 104(b)(5). A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similarly, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations.
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current | 21:54, 2 January 2013 |  | 900 × 600 (643 bytes) | SiBr4 (talk | contribs) | Revert, but keep clippath
| 21:20, 2 January 2013 |  | 900 × 600 (782 bytes) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 10:59, 28 October 2010 -- higher quality version where green Y does not extend beyond flag rectangle
| 11:58, 31 December 2012 |  | 900 × 600 (555 bytes) | SiBr4 (talk | contribs) | Remove some more unnecessary objects
| 10:59, 28 October 2010 |  | 900 × 600 (782 bytes) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | further code streamlining
| 06:21, 28 October 2010 |  | 900 × 600 (795 bytes) | AnonMoos (talk | contribs) | streamlining code
| 12:19, 8 June 2010 |  | 900 × 600 (927 bytes) | ThePCKid (talk | contribs) | Chipped off 24 bytes
| 01:38, 7 June 2010 |  | 900 × 600 (951 bytes) | ThePCKid (talk | contribs) | Chipped off 50 bytes
| 04:28, 6 April 2010 |  | 900 × 600 (991 bytes) | Zscout370 (talk | contribs) | Pantone from http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/symbols/flag.htm and http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx
| 12:29, 1 November 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (1,016 bytes) | Vzb83~commonswiki (talk | contribs) | changed the colours slightly to match http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/symbols/flag.htm
| 12:33, 12 October 2008 |  | 900 × 600 (1,016 bytes) | Poznaniak (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 17:34, 31 August 2006

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