City of Benoni (RSA)

 
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26 May 2007 06:12
 

The City of Benoni in the Republic of South Africa this year celebrates its 100 as a municipality. It was created a municipality in 1907 and achieved city status 1992. It is also the birthplace of actress Charlize Theron.

In 1937 Benoni was granted the following arms by the College of Arms:

 

http://www.benonibiz.co.za/bpa/image/bnicofa232x228.jpg

 

"The castle which appears in it represents the town of Bedford in England, from where George Farrar, our city’s founder originated. Benoni’s gold-mining history is represented by gold circles (or bezants, as they are known in heraldic terms), on the collars of the springbok. The arm wielding the hammer in the crest represents industry and the rising sun behind it the bright and rising future of the Benoni municipality. The four fountains within our municipal borders are represented by the four blue and silver circles, which are called "fountains" in heraldry."

 

Pic and symbolism from http://www.benonibiz.co.za/bpa/bpahistory.htm