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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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