1. Red for Bloodshed 2. Blue for open blue skies 3. Green for the Land 4. Black for the black people 5. White for the European people 6. Yellow for the Natural Resources - i.e Gold The ' Y ' symbolizes the merging nationalities - i.e Unity :- convergence and going forward as one unified nation of previously disparate groups in South Africa. * The red, white and blue colors were taken from the colors of the Boer Republics. * The yellow, black and green are taken from the African National Congress (ANC) flag. Note : The meanings attached to the colors of the SA flag as outlined above are NOT official, although they are accepted as such in some quarters. The choice in colors when designing the flag, arose from their use in the past in flags in this country. (Above information supplied by : Nicolas Noakes, 11 Feb 2000)
The South African flag does not contain the colors pink, purple, or orange. The flag features black, green, yellow, white, blue, and red, representing various elements of the country's history and diversity. Each color has its own significance, but the aforementioned colors are not included in the design.
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There is no South African language. South Africa is a country of dozens of languages, with 11 official languages including English.
We have many African traditional 'folk' costumes/attire worn by different tribes but mainly at traditional functions. Each tribe has their own traditional gear - mostly very colourful and truly representative of our rainbow nation. But most South Africans wear normal western clothing from day to day.
It costs a total of R470.00. The first, second and third books are R110.00 each and the fourth is R140.00.
In the Olympics? The colors and rings represent the colors of the flags and the rings are the continents.
The South African flag does not contain the colors pink, purple, or orange. The flag features black, green, yellow, white, blue, and red, representing various elements of the country's history and diversity. Each color has its own significance, but the aforementioned colors are not included in the design.
The Jabulani Ball uses 11 different colors. These colors represent the 11 starters for each team, the 11 official languages of South Africa, and the 11 south African tribe.
They are called mascots and they are from the country that the teams are playing in. for example: in the world cup when England are playing in south Africa they are south African children that stand by them.
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pretty self explanatory, the colors complement each other( they look good together) which makes the image or painting stand out
the blacks and whites fought against each other
because it is making things easier to south african in order to communicate with each other.
yes, i did my name in graffiti and the colors really stand out against each other! try it
Each ContinentThe five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.5 continents of the worldthe 5 conntinantsThe rings stand for the five continents that participate in the Olympics. Antarctica does not participate and North and South America are considered one continent.
In Mayan culture, colors held symbolic meaning. For example, red represented the east and the rising sun, while black symbolized the west and the setting sun. Yellow was associated with the south and white with the north. Each color had connections to different elements of nature and cardinal directions.
The African continent has some 48 countries. Each of these is at a different stage of development and each has its own areas of specialisation. South Africa is the most industrialised African country and therefore plays a more important role in international politics and economics than other African countries. South Africa, remains however, very much an African country intent on good relations with its neighbours and assisting in the development of the continent.