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Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/50847 Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective Harris, Karen Leigh newlandspark@telkomsa.net Brownell, Frederick Gordon UCTD Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This thesis provides an analysis of the history of the new South African flag of 1994. It presents an overview account of the South African flag legacy from the early colonial period through to the first national flag of the Union of South Africa in 1928. Its main concern however is the process which culminated in the raising of a new national flag on 27 April 1994. It shows how the flag issue was integral to the negotiations aimed at addressing South Africa’s political future and it is within this context that it sets out the steps taken to address the matter. It also recounts how the process initially floundered before the current design - which has become one of the primary graphic symbols of identification for the new South Africa and its people - finally came into being. Despite the initial reaction to the design, it unpacks the extent to which the flag has been embraced by the South African population at large which has far exceeded expectation. Apart from its visual success, the flag is symbolic of the convergence and unification which is inextricably linked to the freedom and democracy which the new political dispensation encapsulated. tm2015 Historical and Heritage Studies DPhil Unrestricted 2015-11-25T09:53:56Z 2015-11-25T09:53:56Z 2015/09/01 2015 Thesis Brownell, FG 2015, Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective, DPhil Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50847> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50847 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective |
| title | Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective |
| title_full | Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective |
| title_fullStr | Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective |
| title_short | Convergence and Unification : the national flag of South Africa (1994) in historical perspective |
| title_sort | convergence and unification the national flag of south africa 1994 in historical perspective |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50847 |