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![[Potchefstroom flag]](../images/z/za-burgr.gif)
by António Martins, 4 Jun 1999
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During this short period of time (about a year), and thereafter alongside
the vierkleur, the Burger flag was the official flag. In
1875 the vierkleur became official again, and the Burger flag was refered
to as the Presidents flag.
Franc van Diest, 4 Mar 2001
The village Potchefstroom was founded 22 December 1838 by the leader
of the Voortrekkers Andries Hendrik Potgieter. The later Boer Republic
used a slightly changed Voortrekker flag. The
white stripes were added from heraldic motivations, for two 'colors' (in
this case blue and red) should always be divided by a metal (here silver
or white) and vice versa. Moreover in this way the Dutch colors could be
adopted in the flag. Potchefstroom became later the first capital of Transvaal.
Perhaps President T. F. Burgers tried to replace the Transvaal 'Vierkleur'
(4-colored flag) with this one.
Info from this
site.
Jarig Bakker, 30 Mar 1999
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