Editing Union Jack (section)

===South Africa===
The Union Jack was used as the flag of a variety of colonies in South Africa since 1795. The Union Jack was retained as the official flag of the [[Union of South Africa]] after its formation in 1910. In addition to the Union Jack, from 1910 to 1928, the [[South African Red Ensign]] was also treated as an unofficial flag of the union.

Proposals to adopt a national flag were made during the 1920s. In 1927, the Union Nationality and Flag Act was passed by the [[Parliament of South Africa]], which named both the Union Jack and the {{lang|af|[[Flag of South Africa (1928–1994)|Oranje, Blanje, Blou]]}} flag of South Africa as the flags of the union, both co-equal in status. The {{lang|af|Oranje, Blanje, Blou}} flag also incorporated the Union Jack in its design, alongside the [[flag of the Orange Free State]] and the [[flag of the South African Republic]]. The Union Jack was to be flown alongside the {{lang|af|Oranje, Blanje, Blou}} at principal government buildings in the capitals, at Union ports, on government offices abroad, and at such other places as the government might determine.<ref name=unfa>Union Nationality and Flags Act 1927 (renamed 'Flags Act 1927' in 1949).</ref><ref name=sava>Radburn, A.  'South Africa's Dual Flag Arrangement, 1928–1957' in 
[http://www.savaflags.org.za ''SAVA Newsletter''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426120727/http://www.savaflags.org.za/ |date=26 April 2018 }} SN 74/16 (April 2016).</ref> The act went into effect on 31 May 1928.

Instructions issued in 1931 confirmed the places where both flags were to be flown.  In addition to those already mentioned, they were the [[Union Buildings]] in Pretoria, the head offices of the four provincial administrations, the [[Supreme Court of South Africa|supreme courts]], certain [[Magistrate's court (South Africa)|magistrates' courts]], customs houses, and three buildings in [[Durban]] (the general post office, the [[Durban railway station|railway station]], and the local [[Natal Command|military district headquarters]]).<ref name=iff31>''Government Gazette'' 1953 (29 May 1931) : Government Notice 376.</ref><ref name=sava /> Under these arrangements, the Union Jack was subordinate to the {{lang|af|Oranje, Blanje, Blou}}.  As the two flags had to be the same size, it meant that the Union Jack was made in the ratio 2:3 rather than the usual 1:2.<ref name=iff31 /><ref name=sava />

This dual arrangement continued until 1957, when the Flags Amendment Act was passed naming the {{lang|af|Oranje, Blanje, Blou}} as the sole flag of South Africa.<ref name=faa>Flags Amendment Act 1957</ref> The {{lang|af|Oranje, Blanje, Blou}} was replaced by the [[flag of South Africa]] in 1994 as the country's national flag.