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Flag of South Africa

Used color: National flag | South African Government and Pantone Color Picker

green	rendered as `RGB 000 119 073`	Pantone 3415 C
yellow	rendered as `RGB 255 184 028`	Pantone 1235 C
red	rendered as `RGB 224 060 049`	Pantone 179 C
blue	rendered as `RGB 000 020 137`	Pantone Reflex Blue C
white	rendered as `RGB 255 255 255`
black	rendered as `RGB 000 000 000`

Date 20 March 1994

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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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.

This image was first published in South Africa and is in the public domain because it is an image of or from:

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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; or in speeches of a political nature or in speeches delivered in the course of legal proceedings, or in news of the day that are mere items of press information."

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).

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:05, 18 December 2022	900 × 600 (646 bytes)	MapGrid	Removed an unnecessary layer of white that was lurking behind everything; blame me if you want because it was also in my construction sheet. I also moved the origin of the viewBox.
	11:21, 18 December 2022	900 × 600 (726 bytes)	John emil hernandez	replace four colors
	17:08, 4 December 2022	900 × 600 (726 bytes)	John emil hernandez	updated to match File:Flag of South Africa (construction sheet).svg
	19:54, 28 March 2021	400 × 267 (554 bytes)	Politicsfan4	directly from https://www.gov.za/sites/all/themes/custom/eco_omega/images/flag-south-africa.svg
	16:22, 30 June 2020	900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Great Brightstar	Replace four colors
	23:40, 25 June 2020	900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Kamran.nef	Reverted to version as of 21:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
	17:37, 19 May 2020	900 × 600 (833 bytes)	Great Brightstar	New implementation for the green pall
	02:28, 17 May 2020	900 × 600 (968 bytes)	Great Brightstar	Minor tweaks
	08:56, 20 April 2020	900 × 600 (991 bytes)	Leonel Sohns	Reverted to version as of 04:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
	18:49, 22 September 2019	900 × 600 (643 bytes)	Great Brightstar	Replace four colors as Pantone website specfied