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TSWANALAND

Official blazon

(af)

Wapen: Deursnede, rooi en groen, 'n uitgerukte goue boom; agter die skild 'n skuinsgekruiste assegaai en Tswana-strydbyl van natuurlike kleur.
Helmteken: Op 'n hoofring deursnede van rooi en groen en belaai met aanstotende goue ruite, 'n aansiende luiperdkop op 'n rotsgrond, alles van natuurlike kleur.
Skildhouers: Regs 'n gemsbok en links 'n koedoe, albei van natuurlike kleur.
Wapenspreuk: POPA POPA E A POPELA

(en)

Arms: Per fess Gules and Vert, a tree eradicated Or; behind the shiled an assegai and a Tswana battle axe in saltire, both proper.
Crest: On a head-ring per fess Gules and Vert charged with lozenges conjoined Or, a leopard's face on a rocky mount, proper.
Supporters: Dexter a gemsbok and sinister a kudu, both proper.
Motto: POPA POPA E A POPELA

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on 1 September 1988 and were abolished on the independence of Namibia in 1990.

The arms make use of a stylized Tswana shield bearing a tree, the totem of that branch of the Tswana nation. Ensigning the shield is a headring which supports a leopard's face, the leopard being a symbol of chieftainship. The supporters, an oryx and a kudu, are indigenous to Tswana. They both also featured in the now defunct arms of the Territory of South West Africa.