The names San and Bushman refer to the indigenous ... they wanted an indigenous rock art image to grace the coat of arms of the new South Africa. (The old shield had contained ox wagons and ...

Alongside a national flag, anthem and coat of arms ... animal to be used as a symbol in South Africa was the springbuck (or springbok), proposed in 1906 as a name for the country’s rugby ...

In 2000, President Thabo Mbeki’s office approached the Rock Art Research Institute because they wanted an indigenous rock art image to grace the coat of arms of the new South Africa.