Coat of arms of South Africa
The coat of arms of South Africa is the main heraldic insignia of South Africa. The present coat of arms was introduced on Freedom Day, 27 April 2000, and was designed by Iaan Bekker. It replaced the earlier national arms, which had been in use since 1910. The motto is written in the extinct ǀXam, member of the Khoisan languages, and translates literally to "diverse people unite". The previous motto, in Latin, was Ex Unitate Vires, translated as "From unity, strength".
Klein Vrystaat
KwaZulu
Lebowa
The Linton Panel, a famous San rock art displayed at the Iziko South African Museum; used as inspiration for the human figures on the shield.
Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand. It ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colours produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow. A variant of ochre containing a large amount of hematite, or dehydrated iron oxide, has a reddish tint known as red ochre.
Ochre pigment
Yellow ochre (Goldochre) pigment
Limonite, a mineraloid containing iron hydroxide, is the main ingredient of all the ochre pigments.
Hematite is a more reddish variety of iron oxide, and is the main ingredient of red ochre.