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'''NORTHERN CAPE''' | '''NORTHERN CAPE''' | ||
[[File:n-cape.jpg|center]] | [[File:n-cape.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
(af) '''Wapen''': Deursnede van rooi en blou, 'n silwer ruit belaai met 'n doringboom van natuurlike kleur, in die skildvoet, oor alles heen twee versmalde golwende dwarsbalke van die een in die ander en in die skildhoof twee goue madeliefies; die skild oortop met 'n kroon bestaande uit 'n goue band versier van blou en ruitvormige rooi Sankralewerk, silwer omsoom en verhoog van ses rooi kraleskywe, elk belaai met 'n ring van goue krale, daartussen dieselfde getal ingeboe kralekantele, ook van goud. | |||
*'''Skildhouer''': Regs 'n gemsbok (Gazella dorcas) en links 'n | |||
koedoe (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). | |||
*'''Wapenspreuk''': sa k//?a: !a1si ?u1si | |||
(en) '''Arms''': Per fess Gules and Azure, a lozenge Argent charged with a thorn tree proper, in base two barrulets wavy counterchanged and in hief two daisies Or; the shield ensigned of a coronet comprising a circlet Or, embellished of Azure and lozengy Gules San beadwork, fimbriated Argent, heightened of six beadwork torteaux, each charged with an annulet of beadwork Or, therebetween as many merlons embowed of beadwork, also Or. | |||
*'''Supporters''': Dexter on oryx (Gazella dorcas) and sinister a | |||
kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). | |||
*'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': sa k//?a: !a1si ?u1si | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on 25 August 1997. | The arms were granted on 25 August 1997. | ||
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The motto, ''Sa ||a !aĩsi 'uĩsi'' is in the Auni language of a clan of San/Bushman people who live at Rietfontein in the Kalahari desert and was provided by Mrs. Elsie Vaalbooi. Mrs. Vaalbooi was 97 years old at the time and was the last Auni speaker alive. Translated, the meaning of the motto is "Strive | The motto, ''Sa ||a !aĩsi 'uĩsi'' is in the Auni language of a clan of San/Bushman people who live at Rietfontein in the Kalahari desert and was provided by Mrs. Elsie Vaalbooi. Mrs. Vaalbooi was 97 years old at the time and was the last Auni speaker alive. Translated, the meaning of the motto is "Strive | ||
for a Better Life". | for a Better Life". | ||
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[[Literature]] : - Information and picture provided by Bruce Berry. | [[Literature]] : - Information and picture provided by Bruce Berry. | ||
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[[Category:South African Provinces and States]] | [[Category:South African Provinces and States]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1997]] | [[Category:Granted 1997]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Cape]] | |||