University of South Africa
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
Country: South Africa
Campus/location : Pretoria, Gauteng
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: In goud, 'n anker met kabel dwarsbalksgewys geplaas en daaroorheen 'n oop boek waarop die woorde SPES IN ARDUIS, alles van natuurlike kleur; in die skildvoet 'n gekanteelde muur van natuurlike kleur belaai met 'n goue ring: op 'n rooi skildhoof 'n roos van silwer, geknop, gepunt en omgewe deur stralekrans, alles van natuurlike kleur en vergesel van twee goue ringe.
Wapenspreuk: SPES IN ARDUIS
- (en)
Arms: Or, a fouled anchor fesswise surmounted by an open book inscribed with the words SPES IN ARDUIS, both proper; in base a wall embattled proper, thereon an annulet Or; on a chief Gules, a rose Argent barbed, seeded and irradiated proper, between two annulets Or.
Motto: SPES IN ARDUIS
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 2, 1904 to the University of the Cape of Good Hope by the British College of Arms, transferred to the University of Sooth Africa and registered in South Africa on March 23, 1983.
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