History:
We spoke about the new flag as well as the old South African flag. I have taken some of the info from Wikipedia to answer your questions about where the smaller flags inside the bigger flag originate from.
National flag 1928–1994[edit]
- The flag was introduced by the Hertzog administration, after several years of political controversy. It was approved by Parliament in 1927, and first hoisted on 31 May 1928.
- The flag reflected the Union's predecessors. The basis was the 17th-century orange-white-blue Dutch flag, with the addition of a Union Jack to represent the Cape and Natal, the former Orange Free state flag, and the former South African Republic flag.
- Until 1957, the flag was flown subordinate to the British Union Jack.
- The flag remained unchanged when South Africa became a republic on 31 May 1961. However, there was pressure to change the flag, particularly from Afrikaners who resented the fact that the Union Flag was a part of the flag. The then prime minister, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, had a "clean" flag, comprising three vertical stripes of orange, white, and blue, with a leaping Springbok over a wreath of six Proteas in the centre, designed, but he was assassinated before he could introduce it, and the project died with him in 1966.
South African Republic , "vierkleur" 1857-74,1875-77, 1881-1902
Orange Free State , 1857 - 1902
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