[GH-ISSUE #1020] You are not using the correct WikiMedia South African flag #475

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opened 2026-03-03 14:38:39 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-03-03 14:38:39 +03:00

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Originally created by @lipis on GitHub (Jul 7, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/1020

You are not using the correct WikiMedia South African flag:
(WikiPedia links to WikiMedia for all flags)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="267" viewBox="0 0 800 534">
  <rect x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%" fill="#000C8A" />
  <rect x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="50%" fill="#E1392D" />
  <path d="M 0,0 l 160,0 l 266,178 l 374,0 l 0,178 l -374,0 l -266,178 l -160,0 z" fill="#FFFFFF" />
  <path d="M 0,0 l 97 ,0 l 318,213 l 385,0 l 0,108 l -385,0 l -318,213 l -97,0 z" fill="#007847" />
  <path d="M 0,65 l 304,202 l -304,202 z" fill="#FFB915" />
  <path d="M 0,107 l 240,160 l -240,160 z" fill="#000000" />
</svg>

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lipis/flag-icons/main/flags/4x3/za.svg

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="flag-icons-za" viewBox="0 0 640 480">
  <defs>
    <clipPath id="a">
      <path fill-opacity=".7" d="M-71.9 0h682.7v512H-71.9z"/>
    </clipPath>
  </defs>
  <g clip-path="url(#a)" transform="translate(67.4) scale(.93748)">
    <g fill-rule="evenodd" stroke-width="1pt">
      <path d="M-71.9 407.8V104.4L154 256.1-72 407.8z"/>
      <path fill="#00c" d="m82.2 512.1 253.6-170.6H696V512H82.2z"/>
      <path fill="red" d="M66 0h630v170.8H335.7S69.3-1.7 66 0z"/>
      <path fill="#fc0" d="M-71.9 64v40.4L154 256-72 407.8v40.3l284.5-192L-72 64z"/>
      <path fill="#093" d="M-71.9 64V0h95l301.2 204h371.8v104.2H324.3L23 512h-94.9v-63.9l284.4-192L-71.8 64z"/>
      <path fill="#fff" d="M23 0h59.2l253.6 170.7H696V204H324.3L23 .1zm0 512.1h59.2l253.6-170.6H696v-33.2H324.3L23 512z"/>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>

Originally posted by @Danny-Engelman in https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/1016#issuecomment-1177556383

Originally created by @lipis on GitHub (Jul 7, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/1020 You are not using the correct WikiMedia South African flag: (WikiPedia links to WikiMedia for all flags) #### https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg ``` <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="267" viewBox="0 0 800 534"> <rect x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%" fill="#000C8A" /> <rect x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="50%" fill="#E1392D" /> <path d="M 0,0 l 160,0 l 266,178 l 374,0 l 0,178 l -374,0 l -266,178 l -160,0 z" fill="#FFFFFF" /> <path d="M 0,0 l 97 ,0 l 318,213 l 385,0 l 0,108 l -385,0 l -318,213 l -97,0 z" fill="#007847" /> <path d="M 0,65 l 304,202 l -304,202 z" fill="#FFB915" /> <path d="M 0,107 l 240,160 l -240,160 z" fill="#000000" /> </svg> ``` #### https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lipis/flag-icons/main/flags/4x3/za.svg ``` <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="flag-icons-za" viewBox="0 0 640 480"> <defs> <clipPath id="a"> <path fill-opacity=".7" d="M-71.9 0h682.7v512H-71.9z"/> </clipPath> </defs> <g clip-path="url(#a)" transform="translate(67.4) scale(.93748)"> <g fill-rule="evenodd" stroke-width="1pt"> <path d="M-71.9 407.8V104.4L154 256.1-72 407.8z"/> <path fill="#00c" d="m82.2 512.1 253.6-170.6H696V512H82.2z"/> <path fill="red" d="M66 0h630v170.8H335.7S69.3-1.7 66 0z"/> <path fill="#fc0" d="M-71.9 64v40.4L154 256-72 407.8v40.3l284.5-192L-72 64z"/> <path fill="#093" d="M-71.9 64V0h95l301.2 204h371.8v104.2H324.3L23 512h-94.9v-63.9l284.4-192L-71.8 64z"/> <path fill="#fff" d="M23 0h59.2l253.6 170.7H696V204H324.3L23 .1zm0 512.1h59.2l253.6-170.6H696v-33.2H324.3L23 512z"/> </g> </g> </svg> ``` _Originally posted by @Danny-Engelman in https://github.com/lipis/flag-icons/issues/1016#issuecomment-1177556383_