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Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Last modified: 2005-02-06 by bruce berry
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[flag of Mpumalanga] by Mark Sensen
 

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Mpumalanga - introduction

Mpumalanga is located in north-east South Africa, re-organized from the southeastern Transvaal. Its northwestern border with Northern Province is largely defined by the borders of the former bantustans of Bophuthatswana, KwaNdebele, Lebowa and Gazankulu. It borders KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Northern Province, Mozambique and Swaziland.
Includes the former homelands of KwaNdebele and KaNgwane and part of Bophuthatswana and Lebowa.
Antonio Martins, 30 May 1999

Eastern Transvaal was last month renamed Mpumalanga (Where the sun rises).
Bruce Berry,  15 Sep 1995

Mpumalanga - flag description

The first of the new South African provinces to adopt a provincial flag is Mpumalanga (formerly Eastern Transvaal). According to the Government Gazette of 23 February 1996, the new provincial flag is descibed as follows:

A rectangular flag in the proportion of 2:3, divided horizontally from the hoist, 3/10 of the distance from the lower edge to where it intersects a diagonal line drawn from the lower hoist corner to the upper flag corner, it follows that line upto 3/10 the distance from the upper edge, from where it inclines horizontally to the fly, yellow above green; adjoining the central partition line, a blue upper and white lower stripe respectively, each 1/10 the width of the flag and in the upper hoist a red Barberton daisy, in diameter one half the width of the flag, its petals equidistant from the upper edge, hoist and blue stripe respectively, with a yellow heart, in diametre 1/10 the width of the flag.

In short - a red Barberton daisy in the canton on a yellow background, under which are two small blue and white stripes starting below the the daisy and then bending (inclining) diagonally upwards before straightening horizontally to the fly edge of the flag. The lower half of the fly side of the flag is green. The diagonal is meant to represent the escarpment which is the main topographical feature of the province. The Barberton daisy is indigenous to the area.
An illustration of the flag and new Arms of the province is shown in the SAVA Newsletter (April 1996).
Bruce Berry, 3 Jun 1996

Coat of Arms of Mpumalanga

[Coat of Arms of Mpumalanga] image from this site, reporte