Lingelethu West
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LINGELETHU WEST
Province: Western Cape
Incorporated into : 1996 Tygerberg (2000 Cape Town)
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: In silwer, die bolyf van 'n Xhosa-vrou van natuurlike kleur, geklee in tradisionele rooi drag en grys hooftooisel, silwer gebind, met 'n skuinsgeplaaste langsteelpyp van natuurlike kleur in die mond, vasgehou met die regterhand, en met silwer krale om die hals.
Helmteken: 'n Tradisonele hooftooisel uit die skild, bo-op 'n silwer hoofring.
Skildhouers: Regs 'n luiperd en links 'n leeu, beide van natuurlike kleur en rooi getong, elk hou in die vrye voorpoot 'n assegaai van natuurlike kleur, skuinsgekruis agter die skild geplaas.
Kompartement: 'n Grasgrond van natuurlike kleur.
Wapenspreuk: LINGELETHU
- (en)
Arms: Argent, the upper body of a Xhosa woman proper, vested in traditional attire Gules, head-dress grey, bound Argent, smoking a longstemmed pipe in bend, held in the dexter hand, proper, and with beads around the neck Argent.
Crest: A traditional head-dress as in the shield, upon a circlet Argent.
Supporters: Dexter a leopard and sinister a lion, proper, langued Gules, each holding in the free forepaw an assegai proper, placed in saltire behind the shield.
Compartment: A grassy ground proper.
Motto: LINGELETHU
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on MArch 27, 1992.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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