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Country: [[South Africa]]<br> | Country: [[South Africa]]<br> | ||
Campus/location : [[Johannesburg]] | Campus/location : [[Johannesburg]] | ||
[[File:uwitwatersrand.jpg|center]] | [[File:uwitwatersrand.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
(af) | (af) | ||
*Wapen: In blou, twee golwende versmalde dwarsbalke van silwer en 'n goue skildhoof belaai met 'n swart tandrat en daaroorheen 'n oop boek van silwer, rooi gebind. | *Wapen: In blou, twee golwende versmalde dwarsbalke van silwer en 'n goue skildhoof belaai met 'n swart tandrat en daaroorheen 'n oop boek van silwer, rooi gebind. | ||
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*Motto: SCIENTIA ET LABORE | *Motto: SCIENTIA ET LABORE | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on August 21, 1970. | The arms were officially granted on August 21, 1970 in South Africa, but have been used longer. | ||
The design portrays the Witwatersrand gold fields in the upper part of the shield as a gold background with an open book representing learning or knowledge superimposed on a cogwheel representing industry. The wavy bars in silver in the lower part represent the Vaal and Limpopo rivers between which the Witwatersrand gold fields occur. | The design portrays the Witwatersrand gold fields in the upper part of the shield as a gold background with an open book representing learning or knowledge superimposed on a cogwheel representing industry. The wavy bars in silver in the lower part represent the Vaal and Limpopo rivers between which the Witwatersrand gold fields occur. | ||
Above the shield is the head of a Kudu, one of South Africa's most powerful and typical antelopes. | Above the shield is the head of a Kudu, one of South Africa's most powerful and typical antelopes. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Uwitwatersrand.zafs.jpg|center|250 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a 1930s [[Arms and crests of universities and schools of South Africa|tobacco card]] | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||