ICoat of Arms yaseMzantsi Afrika: Ibali leMpawu zoBunye neSizwe

ICoat of Arms yaseMzantsi Afrika ngumqondiso wesizwe ocebileyo ngembali nentsingiselo.

Abantu abaninzi bayayibona, kodwa bangazi ukuba inxalenye nganye ithetha ntoni.

Le emblem ayisiyondwebo nje; yindlela ilizwe elizichaza ngayo—ngobunye, ngelifa, nangethemba lekamva elingcono.

Isaci sesizwe sithi: !ke e: /xarra //ke. Sabhalwa ngolwimi lwamaKhoisan olwaziwa njenge-/Xam, yaye sithetha ngqo ukuthi “abantu abohlukeneyo mabamanyane.”

Le ngcinga ikhuthaza ukudibanisa iingcinga nezenzo, kwaye iqinisa imvakalelo yokuba wonke umntu unendawo kweli lizwe.

Ikwakhuthaza ukuzingca kwesizwe nobunye phakathi kweentlanga ezahlukeneyo.

Le Coat of Arms yaziswa ngomhla wama-27 kuAprili 2000, ngoFreedom Day, yaza yathatha indawo yaleyo yayisetyenziswa ukusukela ngo-1932 nangexesha leApartheid.

Ilanga eliphumayo limele ukukhanya, amandla endalo, ukuzalwa kwakhona, ulwazi, nengqiqo.

Intaka iSecretary Bird, enombala wegolide, imele ukukhula, isantya, nokhuseleko lwesizwe; amaphiko ayo aphakanyisiweyo abonisa ukuphakama kwesizwe nokhuselo lwaso.

IProtea, ingakumbi iKing Protea, yintyatyambo yesizwe emele ubuhle boMzantsi Afrika nokuvuthwa kwamandla esizwe.

Ikwabonisa ukudityaniswa kwamandla aphuma emhlabeni aze akhuliswe ngaphezulu.

Imibala yayo—oluhlaza, igolide, obomvu nomnyama—idibana nemibala ebalulekileyo yesizwe.

Umkhonto neknobkierie zimele ukhuseleko negunya, kodwa indlela ezilele ngayo ibonisa uxolo.

Ikhaka limela isazisi selizwe nokuzikhusela ngokomoya.

Imizobo yabantu imele amaKhoisan, abemi bokuqala abaziwayo, bebulisana njengophawu lobunye nobuntu (ubuntu).

Iindlebe zengqolowa zibonisa ukuchuma, ukukhula, nokondleka kwabantu, logama iimpondo zendlovu zimele amandla, ubulumko, unaphakade, nokuzeyisa.