<P> These flags never enjoyed much popular support due to the animosities lingering after the Anglo - Boer War . The Afrikaner descendants of the Dutch settlers from the former Boer Republics found the prominent position of the British Union Flag to be offensive while the English - speakers saw any move to remove it as an Afrikaner plot to deprive them of their imperial symbol . </P> <Table> South Africa <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 2: 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Adopted </Th> <Td> 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relinquished </Th> <Td> April 1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 2: 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Adopted </Th> <Td> 1928 </Td> </Tr>

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