# 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

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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."

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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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