Thread:Boertjie/@comment-22439-20141111052148/@comment-25659574-20141113055505

Thank you for deleting the Boer Republicball page. I thought nicknames for countries were allowed because of the Dutch SouthAfricaball.

My confusion started because of the Dutch SouthAfricaball. There never was a Dutch South Africa, this is a nickname coined for the Union of South Africa whose last official flag is on the ball. This flag was kept after independence in 1961 when the Union became a Republic for the new Republic of South Africa until the current flag was introduced for South Africa in 1994. There were two seperate attempts made to change the flag by Verwoerd and Voster, but none realized.

That is why I used Boer Republic as this is a nickname commonly used with any one or both of the Orange Free State and South African Republic. For an example see the catagory "Historical Flags 1652 - 1928" at [|List of South African Flags]

Please refer to the following links for actual Soth African flags and their Histories.

[|List of South African Flags]

[|Flag of South Africa]

[|Flag of the Netherlands]  for a look at the Dutch East India Company flag which was the first flag flown for over a hundred years on south african soil.