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 Incorporated into : [[Ekurhuleni]]
-[[File:benoni.jpg|center]]
+[[File:benoni1.jpg|center]]
+====Official blazon====
+Or, a turreted castle of three storeys Sable, on a chief
+Sable three escallops Argent, all within a bordure
+Gules charged with four bezants and four heraldic
+fountains alternately.
 ====Origin/meaning====
-Benoni is a mining and industrial town on the East
+The arms were granted in 1937 and registered in South Africa in 1966.
-Rand. The above "arms" appear to allude to mining,
-industry, agriculture, and sport.
+The castle and escallops apparently come from the arms of the Duke of Bedford.
-They were replaced
+The previous, non official arms are shown below:
-in 1938 by a grant from the College of Arms: Or, a
+[[File:benoni.jpg|center]]
-turreted castle of three storeys Sable, on a chief
-Sable three escallops Argent, all within a bordure
-Gules charged with four bezants and four heraldic
-fountains alternately (I have no image thereof).
-The castle and escallops apparently come from the arms
+Benoni is a mining and industrial town on the East Rand. The above "arms" appear to allude to mining, industry, agriculture, and sport.
-of the Duke of Bedford.
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-[[Literature]] : Image scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s
+Old iImage scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s
 [[Category:South African Municipalities]]
 [[Category:Gauteng]]