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===Origin/meaning===
===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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[[Category:South Africa]]
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