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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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Wapen: In silwer, op 'n deurlopende punt deursnede van swart en blou, 'n goue dwarsbalk met die boonste rand gewelvormig geknobbel en die onderste rand geknobbel; die golwende streepbalke, alles silwer.<br> | |||
Helmteken: Sittend op 'n rotsgrond, 'n kuifkop-visvanger wat 'n vis in sy bek vashou, alles van natuurlike kleur.<br> | |||
Wrong en dekklede: Silwer en blou.<br> | |||
Wapenspreuk: AQUA VITA EST | |||
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Arms: Argent, on a pile inverted throughout, per fess Sable and Azure, a fess the upper edge nowy gabled and the lower edge nowy Or; the Sable seme of plates and the Azure charged with two barrulets wavy Argent.<br> | |||
Crest: Perched upon a rocky mount, a malachite king-fisher holding a fish in its beak, all proper.<br> | |||
Wreath and mantling: Argent and Azure.<br> | |||
Motto: AQUA VITA EST | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on October 21, 1988. | |||
The Kingfisher from the former Institute of Water Pollution Control has been retained as a dominant feature but has a fish in its mouth instead of a sword thus indicating a need for fresh water resources. This is further confirmed by the motto Aqua Vita Est, which means Water is Life. | The Kingfisher from the former Institute of Water Pollution Control has been retained as a dominant feature but has a fish in its mouth instead of a sword thus indicating a need for fresh water resources. This is further confirmed by the motto Aqua Vita Est, which means Water is Life. | ||
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[[Category:Institutional heraldry of South Africa]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of South Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1988]] | |||