Estcourt
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ESTCOURT / UMTHEZI
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
District Municipality : Uthukela
Incorporated into 2016: Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: Golwend deurgesny van goud en rooi, met 'n dwarsbalk van blou en silwer van vier stukke belaai met 'n goue tandrat oor die snylyn, in die skildhoof vergesel van twee groen koringgerwe en in die skildvoet van 'n Boesmanpyl en boog, die pylpunt na onder, van goud.
Helmteken: 'n Halwe arend met uitgestrekte vlerke van natuurlike kleur, elke vlerk belaai met 'n ster van goud.
Wrong en Dekklede: Goud en rooi.
Skildhouers: Twee elande van natuurlike kleur.
Wapenspreuk: SIBI CONFIDENS
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Arms: Per fess wavy Or and Gules and on a fess barry of four Azure and Argent, a cogwheel Or, in chief two garbs Vert and in base a Bushman's bow and arrow, the arrow pointing downwards.
Crest: A demi-eagle, wings expanded, proper, each wing, charged with an estoile Or.
Wreath and mantling: Or and Gules.
Supporters: Two elands proper.
Motto: SIBI CONFIDENS
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on May 13, 1968 to the Escourt municipality.
Estcourt lies at the confluence of the Bushmans and the Little Bushmans rivers. The bushman's bow and arrow and the two wavy blue lines almost certainly allude to this fact.
The wheel probably alludes to the industry at Estcourt which, in 1968, included a hardboard factory (Masonite), a sausage and meat-processing factory (Eskort) and a milk procesing factory (Nestle). The wheat sheafs almost certainly allude to the agricultural activity in the surrounding area.
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