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![[Vryheidsvlag]](../images/za_vryh.gif)
by Antonio Martins
In South Africa there is a political movement (or party) called "Afrikaner Volksfront" (Popular Front), which tries to set up an independent Boer state. They use a flag very similar to Transvaal's "Vierkleur", but the red stripe replaced with an orange one. This flag is called "Vryheidsvlag" (freedom flag).
The "Volksrepubliek Werkgroep" made a proposal for a - let's say - constitution of this imagines state. In article 19.16.3 it is written:
"Die huidige vryheidsvlag (groen en oranje, blanje, blou) moet onder die Afrikaner gevestig word, ..."
i.e. "Today's freedom flag (green and orange, white,
blue) must be tightened by the Afrikaaner." But there was also a request
to me by one who wished to know, who used the flag with "a yellow, maybe
orange, stripe". So it seems that there are two flags: an older one with
a yellow and a newer one with an orange stripe. Or maybe the orange is because
of the former ZA national flag.
carsten linke - 1996-06-13
As far as I am aware this is new, although the design has been popular amongst independent-minded Afrikaners for a good while now.
The "Vryheidsvlag" mentioned has been registered with the SA Bureau of Heraldry
by the Afrikaner Volksfront as indicated in SAVA Newsletter 14/95 of December
1995.
bruce berry - JUN-1996-06-14
![[Flag of Orania]](../images/za-oran.gif)
by Mark Sensen
I think the name Orania is derived from the river Oranje/Orange. The home page of Orania shows a map. On this map (the North Cape) Orania is only one village a bit southwest of where the rivers Oranje and Vaal come together. The homeland they plan for the Afrikaners is between the river Oranje and the Atlantic Ocean, so part of the Cape, not of the Free State nor Transvaal. Their flag is not solely based on that of Transvaal, but the red is changed to orange for the Free State.
On the home page of BoereData, I found that Orania is
only one of the "Volkstaat groeipunte" ("Volk's State growing points").
Other are Stilfontein in Free State and Kleinfontein in Transvaal (near
Pretoria).
At their pages is a draft constitution. Article 6 is about the state symbols:
"ARTIKEL 6 STAATSIMBOLE 6.1 Die vlag van die Boerevolksrepubliek is die "Vryheidsvlag" waarvan die ontwerp en die kleure in ooreenstemming is met die ontwerp en die kleure soos vervat in Bylae 2 van die Grondwet, nl. wat van bo na onder uit drie horisontale bane onderskeidelik oranje, wit en blou en 'n vertikale groen baan aan die linkerkant bestaan. 6.2 Behalwe by amptelike ambassadegeboue, mag geen landsvlag van 'n vreemde staat wapper sonder dat die landsvlag van die Boerevolksrepubliek ook tegelykertyd saam wapper nie. Regulering geskied deur 'n wet van die Volksraad."In (my poor) English:
"ARTICLE 6 STATE SYMBOLS 6.1 The flag of the Boer Volk's Republic is the "Freedom flag" of which the design and the colours are according the desgin and colours as in Appendix 2 of the Constitution, viz. from top to bottom three horizontal stripes orange, white and blue and a vertical green stripe on the left side. 6.2 Except at official embassies, it is illegal to fly an other national flag of a foreign state without the flag of the Boer Volk's Republic flying next to it. Regulation will take place through a law of the People's Council."In article 1.2 the name of the state is left open. ("The name of the state is ...."), but names under consideration are "die Boerevolksrepubliek, die Boere-Vrystaat, Boergondië, Boergerye, Krugerië, Trichardië, etc."