<P> The flag of South Africa was designed in March 1994 and adopted on 27 April 1994, at the beginning of South Africa's 1994 general election, to replace the flag that had been used since 1928 . The new national flag, designed by the then State Herald of South Africa Frederick Brownell, was chosen to represent the country's new democracy after the end of apartheid . </P> <P> The flag has horizontal bands of red (on the top) and blue (on the bottom), of equal width, separated by a central green band which splits into a horizontal "Y" shape, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side (and follow the flag's diagonals). The "Y" embraces a black isosceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes . The stripes at the fly end are in the 5: 1: 3: 1: 5 ratio . </P> <P> At the time of its adoption, the South African flag was the only national flag in the world to comprise six colours in its primary design and without a seal and brocade . The design and colours are a synopsis of principal elements of the country's flag history . The colours themselves have no essential meaning . </P> <P> The central design of the flag, beginning at the flagpost in a "V" form and flowing into a single horizontal band to the outer edge of the fly . </P>

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