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Heraldry of the World
Civic heraldry of South Africa

BENONI

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

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.
Crest: In front of a sun rising Or an arm embowed, the hand grasping a sledge-hammer proper. Wreath and mantling Or and Gules.
Supporters: Two Springboks proper each gorged with a collar Azure charged with three bezants.
Motto: AUSPICIUM MELIORIS AEVI (A pledge for better times)

The arms were granted in 1937 and registered in South Africa in 1966.

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

The previous, non official arms are shown below:

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

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Old iImage scanned from a cigarette card from the 1930s

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 ====Official blazon====
-Or, a turreted castle of three storeys Sable, on a chief
+*'''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.
-Sable three escallops Argent, all within a bordure
+*'''Crest''': In front of a sun rising Or an arm embowed, the hand grasping a sledge-hammer proper. Wreath and mantling Or and Gules.
-Gules charged with four bezants and four heraldic
+*'''Supporters''': Two Springboks proper each gorged with a collar Azure charged with three bezants.
-fountains alternately.
+*'''Motto''': AUSPICIUM MELIORIS AEVI (A pledge for better times)
 ====Origin/meaning====