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A www.MyZA.co.za South African Flag<\/em> selected video for you:
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Union of South Africa<\/p>\n

Anthem<\/p>\n

Name: The Call of South Africa<\/p>\n

Date Adopted: 1957<\/p>\n

Lyrics:<\/p>\n

(Afrikaans)<\/p>\n

Uit die blou van onse hemel,
\nVit die diepte van ons see.
\nOor ons ewige gebergtes waar
\nDie kranse antwoord gee,
\nDeur ons ver-verlate vlaktes
\nMet die kreun van ossewa
\nRuis die stem van ons geliefde,
\nVan ons land Suid-Afrika
\nOns sal antwoord op jou roepstem,
\nOns sal offer wat jy vra:
\nOns sal lewe, ons sal sterwe
\nOns vir jou, Suid-Afrika. <\/p>\n

In die merg van ons gebeente,
\nIn ons hart en siel en gees,
\nIn ons roem op ons verlede,
\nIn ons hoop op wat sal wees,
\nIn ons wil en werk en wandel,
\nVan on wieg tot aan ons graf
\nDeel geen ander land ons liefde,
\nTrek geen ander trou ons af.
\nVaderland! ons sal die adel
\nVan jou naam met ere dra:
\nWaar en trou as Afrikaners
\nKinders van Suid-Afrika. <\/p>\n

In die songloed van ons somer,
\nIn ons winternag se kou,
\nIn die lente van ons liefde,
\nIn die lanfer van ons rou.
\nBy die klink van huw’liks-klokkies,
\nBy die kluitklap op die kis
\nStreel jou stem ons nooit verniet nie,
\nWeet jy waar jou kinders is.
\nOp jou roep se ons nooit nee nie,
\nSe ons altyd, altyd ja:
\nOm te lewe, om te sterwe
\nJa ons kom, Suid-Afrika. <\/p>\n

Op U Almag vas vertrouend,
\nHet ons vadere gebou:
\nSkenk ook ons die krag, o Here!
\nOm te handhaaf en te hou
\nDat die erwe van ons vaad’re
\nVir ons kinders wrwe bly:
\nKnegte van die Allerhoogste,
\nTeen die hele wereld vry.
\nSoos ons vadere vertrou het,
\nLeer ook ons vertrou o Heer
\nMet ons land en met ons nasie
\nSal dit wel wees, God regeer. <\/p>\n

(English)<\/p>\n

Ringing out from our blue heavens,
\nFrom our deep seas breaking round;
\nOver everlasting mountains
\nWhere the echoing crags resound;
\nFrom our plains where creaking wagons
\nCut their trails into the earth
\nCalls the spirit of our Country,
\nOf the land that gave us birth.
\nAt thy call we shall not falter,
\nFirm and steadfast we shall stand.
\nAt thy will to live or perish,
\nO South Africa, dear land. <\/p>\n

In our body and our spirit,
\nIn our inmost heart held fast;
\nIn the promise of our future
\nand the glory of our past;
\nIn our will, our work, our striving,
\nFrom the cradle to the grave –
\nThere’s no land that shares our loving,
\nAnd no bond that can enslave.
\nThou hast borne us and we know thee.
\nMay our deeds to all proclaim
\nOur enduring love and service
\nTo thy honor and thy name. <\/p>\n

In the golden warmth of summer,
\nIn the chill of winter’s air,
\nIn the surging life of springtime,
\nIn the autumn of despair;
\nWhen the wedding bells are chiming,
\nOr when those we love depart,
\nThou dost know us for thy children
\nAnd dost take us to thy heart.
\nLoudly peals the answering chorus;
\nWe are thine, and we shall stand,
\nBe it life or death, to answer
\nThy call, beloved land. <\/p>\n

In thy power Almighty, trusting,
\nDid our fathers build of old;
\nStrengthen then, O Lord, their children
\nTo defend, to love, to hold
\nThat the heritage they gave us
\nFor our children yet may be:
\nBondsmen only to the Highest
\nAnd before the whole world free.
\nAs our fathers trusted humbly,
\nTeach us, Lord, to trust Thee still:
\nGuard our land and guide our people
\nIn Thy way to do Thy will. <\/p>\n

Flag<\/p>\n

Date Adopted: 1928<\/p>\n

Description: The flag of the Union of South Africa consisted of orange, white, and blue horizontal stripes. A version of this flag was used as the flag of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape (with the VOC logo in the centre) from 1652 until 1795. The South African addition to the design was three smaller flags centered in the white stripe. The smaller flags were the Union Flags towards the hoist, the flag of the Orange Free State hanging vertically and the Transvaal Vierkleur towards the fly.<\/p>\n

The choice of the Prinsevlag as the basis upon which to design the South African flag had more to do with compromise than Afrikaner political desires, as the Prinsevlag was believed to be the first flag hoisted on South African soil and was politically neutral as it was no longer the national flag of any nation. A further element of this compromise was that the Union Flag would continue to fly alongside the new South African national flag over official buildings. This state of duality continued until 1957 when the Union Flag lost its official status as per an Act of Parliament; the Red Ensign had lost its status as South Africa’s merchant flag in 1951.<\/p>\n

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