PERIODICALS

Arma, Bulletin of the Heraldry Society of SA (1958- )

A treasure-house of articles; recent editions available online

Government Gazette (1935- )

Includes applications for registration of arms etc, and notices of registration

Official Gazette (Province of Cape of Good Hope) (1953-69)

Includes registrations of municipal arms in the province

Official Gazette (Province of Natal) (1949-69)

Includes registrations of municipal arms in the province

Official Gazette (Province of Orange Free State) (1953-69)

Includes registrations of municipal arms in the province

Official Gazette (Province of Transvaal) (1951-69)

Includes registrations of municipal arms in the province

Official Gazette (South West Africa) (1963-69)

Includes registrations of municipal arms in the territory

ARTICLES

Anon: "Symbols of Authority" in SA Digest (18 Jul 1975)

Homeland coats of arms, flags, and maces

Anon: "Symbols of Office" in SA Panorama (Oct 1975)

Homeland coats of arms, flags, and maces

Anon: "Heraldiek", in W�reldspektrum (1983)

Article in an Afrikaans children's encyclopaedia

Basson, J: "SA Argiefwese Vier Eeufees" in Lantern (Dec 1976)

(Not altogether accurate) article on the Bureau of Heraldry, with many illustrations of its work

Beyers, C: "Die Wapen van die ZAR" in Archives Yearbook (1950)

History of the Transvaal coat of arms, by the future first State Herald

Brownell, FG: "Heraldry in SA" in Optima (Dec 1984)

Illustrated overview of heraldry in SA, by the then State Herald

Calitz, G: "A Short Chronicle of Military Heraldry in SA" in SAMHIC Newsletter (Apr 1995)

Self-explanatory

Curson, HH: "Pagri Flashes 1900-1962" in Africana Notes & News (Dec 1962)

About Army helmet flashes, with line drawings

Dawes, M: "Ons Dorpe en Stede Spog met Vals Wapens" in
Huisgenoot (26 Oct 1951)

Municipal heraldry

Dreyer, A: "Geskiedenis van die Offisiële Seëls van die Gefedereerde Kerke" in Jaarboek van die NG Kerke in Suid-Afrika (1930)

Dutch Reformed Church seals

Hiemstra, VG: "Heraldiek en Registrasie van Familiewapens" in Familia Vol 14 No 2/3 (1977)

Legal aspects of personal arms, by the then chairman of the Heraldry Council

Laing, RA: "The Myth of 20th Century SA Heraldic Writing" in Arma New Series Vol 6 No 1 (2000)

Study of prominent SA heraldry books and articles, and the myths they have created

Laing, RA: "Stained Glass at the Cape During the DEIC Period" in SA Journal of Cultural History Vol 15 No 1 (Jun 2003)

18th-century armorial stained glass windows in Stellenbosch

Laing, RA: "Our South African (Afrikaner) Heraldic Heritage - A Mythical Creation?" in Historia Vol 49 No 1 (2004), re-published in Arma (2004)

Study of the problem of bogus Afrikaner family arms

Leverton, BJL: "The Origin of the Natal Coat of Arms" in Lantern (Sept 1962)

Self-explanatory

Maree, B: "Unique Heraldic Tradition" in SA Panorama (Jul 1984)

The Bureau of Heraldry and its work, illustrated in colour and b/w

Mitford-Barberton, I: "Heraldry and the Municipality" in SA Municipal Magazine (Jul 1956)

Municipal heraldry in South Africa at that time

"MM" (C. Graham Botha): "Familiewapens" in Huisgenoot (12 Apr 1946)

Afrikaner family heraldry

Oudschans Dentz, F: "Een Verzameling Wapenborden" in
Hertzog-Annale (Dec 1955, Dec 1956, Dec 1959, Jan 1960)

Study of 18th-century memorial boards in the Groote Kerk, Cape Town

Pama, C: "Die Vrystaatse Boom Revivit" in Historia Vol 7 No 1 (Mar 1962)

Academic debate about the Orange Free State arms

Pama, C: "Ou Kaapse Wapengoet" in Lantern (Dec 1964)

Historical armorial china, silverware, etc in SA

Pama, C: "Church Seals" in Standard Encyclopedia of SA (1970)

Self-explanatory

Pama, C: "Coats of Arms" in Standard Encyclopedia of SA (1970)

Self-explanatory

Pama, C: "Heraldry", in Standard Encyclopedia of SA (1970)

Self-explanatory

Pama, C: "Maces, Official" in Standard Encyclopedia of SA (1970)

Self-explanatory

Pama, C: "National & Provincial Emblems" in Standard Encyclopedia of SA (1970)

Self-explanatory

Pillman, N: "Lewende Heraldiek", in Lantern (Jan 1984)

(Not altogther accurate) article on the Bureau of Heraldry and modern SA heraldry

Smith, HH: "Flags of the Union Defence Forces and of the SA Defence Force 1912-93" in SA Vexillogical Association Journal 2/93 (1993)

Self-explanatory

Smuts, AWB: "Some Old Cape Families" in Argus Union Pageant
Souvenir (1910)

Includes coats of arms