South Africa adopted its current flag at the time of those first all-race elections. For some South Africans, the apartheid-era flag has similar connotations to the swastika flag of Nazi Germany.

The South African flag will not be displayed at the rugby and cricket World Cups later this month if its national anti-doping body does not appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to ...

South Africa has until Oct. 13 to pass the required amendments, or they may no longer be able to compete under the country’s flag at events, including the on-going rugby and cricket World Cups.

What was described as the last racial issue in the Union of South Africa was last week removed when Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog and former Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts, now ...

A provocative 30-second advert, depicting a South African flag burnt to ashes as “symbolic” of the doomsday coalition of the ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) and the opposition Economic Freedom ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 8 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa described as "treasonous" a campaign ad by an opposition party that depicts a burning national flag, as antagonism between ...

“Based on the available information, the confirmed designer whose draft concept informed the basis for the design of the South African flag during the work of the Joint Technical Working ...

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country's old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination ...