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Mpumalanga (Province of South Africa)

by Mark Sensen

Mpumalanga

In northeast South Africa, reorganized from southeastern Transvaal. It's northwestern border with Northern Province is largely defined by the borders of the former bantusthans of Bophutatswana, KwaNdebele, Lebowa and Gazankulu. Borders KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Northern Province, Mozambique and Swaziland.
Includes the former homelands of KwaNdebele and KaNgwane and part of Bophutatswana and Lebowa.
Antonio Martins - 30 May 1999

Eastern Transvaal was last month renamed Mpumalanga (Where the sun rises).
Bruce Berry - September 1995

The first of the new South African provinces to adopt a provincial flag is Mpumalanga (formerly Eastern Transvaal). According to the Government Gazette of 23 February 1996, the new provincial flag is descibed as follows:

A rectangular flag in the proportion of 2:3, divided horizontally from the hoist, 3/10 of the distance from the lower edge to where it intersects a diagonal line drawn from the lower hoist corner to the upper flag corner, it follows that line upto 3/10 the distance from the upper edge, from where it inclines horizontally to the fly, yellow above green; adjoining the central partition line, a blue upper and white lower stripe respectively, each 1/10 the width of the flag and in the upper hoist a red Barberton daisy, in diameter one half the width of the flag, its petals equidistant from the upper edge, hoist and blue stripe respectively, with a yellow heart, in diametre 1/10 the width of the flag.

In short, a red Barberton diasy in the canton on a yellow background, under which are two small blue and white stripes starting below the the daisy and then bending (inclining) diagonally upwards before straightening horizontally to the fly edge of the flag. The lower half of the fly side of the flag is green. The diagonal is meant to represent the escarpment which is the main topographical feature of the province. The Barberton daisy is indigenous to the area.
An illustration of the flag and new Arms of the province will be shown in the next issue of the SAVA NEWSLETTER (April 1996).
Bruce Berry - 1996-03-06