Moemaneng

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MOEMANENG

Province: Free State
District Municipality : Thabo Mofutsanyana

Official blazon

(af)

Wapen: In goud, ingeboe gekap van swart; 'n skildhoof tweeledig pylpuntvormig geknobbel en tweelingkepersgewys deursnede, die pieke gekanteel, groen en silwer.
Helmteken: 'n Swart muurkroon, belaai met 'n voorstelling van 'n hut van goud.
Wrong en Dekklede: Goud en swart.
Wapenspreuk: Moemaneng

(en)

Arms: Or, chape ploye Sable; a chief double nowy barbed, per chevron coupled, the peaks embattled, Vert and Argent.
Crest: A mural crown Sable, charged with a representation of a hut Or.
Wreath and mantling: Or and Sable.
Motto: Moemaneng

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 12, 1988.

This local authority is situated near Marquard in the eastern Free State. This is an area of distinctive conical sandstone koppies or hills with flat tops, to which the design of the chief alludes. Silhouetted against these koppies are broad barbs which are similar in form to the traditional Basotho homes found in that area, another one of which adorns the mural crown.

The name is de rived from the Afrikaans "Mooi man" , an attractive or pleasant man, and may thus be translated as "a pleasant place (to live)" .