Benoni

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of South Africa

BENONI

Province: Gauteng (until 1994 Transvaal Province)
Incorporated into : Ekurhuleni

Origin/meaning

Benoni is a mining and industrial town on the East Rand. The above "arms" appear to allude to mining, industry, agriculture, and sport.

They were replaced in 1938 by a grant from the College of Arms: 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 (I have no image thereof).

The castle and escallops apparently come from the arms of the Duke of Bedford.

Literature : Image scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s