who unveiled the new coat of arms on 27 april 2000
South Africa
title: Coat of arms of South Africa text: ideas received, along with input from the Cabinet. The Government Communication and Information System then approached Design South Africa to brief ten of the top designers. Three designers were chosen to present their concepts to the Cabinet. Iaan Bekker's design was chosen. The new arms were introduced on Freedom Day, 27 April 2000. The change reflected the government's aim to highlight the democratic change in South Africa and a new sense of patriotism. The coat of arms is a series of elements organised in distinct symmetric egg-like or oval shapes placed on top of one another. The completed structure of title: Coat of arms of South Africa text: Coat of arms of South Africa The present coat of arms of South Africa was introduced on Freedom Day 27 April 2000. It replaced the earlier national arms, which had been in use since 1910. The motto ' is written in the Khoisan language of the ǀXam people and translates literally to "diverse people unite". The previous motto, in Latin, was ', translated as "From unity, strength". The design process was initiated when, in 1999, the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology requested ideas for the new coat-of-arms from the public. A brief was then prepared based on the title: Coat of arms text: 12th century, in England by King Richard I during the Third Crusade (1189–1192). Burgher arms are used in Northern Italy in the second half of the 13th century, and in the Holy Roman Empire by the mid 14th century. In the late medieval period, use of arms spread to the clergy, to towns as civic identifiers, and to royally chartered organizations such as universities and trading companies. The arts of vexillology and heraldry are closely related. The term "coat of arms" itself in origin refers to the surcoat with heraldic designs worn by combattants, especially in the knightly tournament, in title: Coat of arms of South Africa (1910–2000) text: denomination of the South African rand. Following the end of apartheid in the 1990s, the new Constitution of South Africa stated that the coat of arms would remain the same despite the flag and anthem changing. Nevertheless the arms were still viewed as outdated as they had been created by the white British and Afrikaner minorities without input from the black majority. In 1999, the Department of Arts and Culture held a contest to design a new coat of arms. In 2000, the coat of arms was replaced on Freedom Day. Despite the replacement, the old coat of arms was title: Coat of arms of New Zealand text: the then motto of the country, "Onward". Early renditions of the coat of arms often featured stylised scrolling, replaced in 1956 by fern leaves. One month prior to New Zealand's adoption of the Statute of Westminster (which formally accepted the full external autonomy offered by the British Parliament) on 25 September 1947, a special committee was formed by then Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Responsible for the "redrawing and standardisation of the Coat of Arms", the committee consisted of Alistair McIntosh, Joseph Heenan, Dr Colin Aickman, Frank Corner, Foss Shanahan and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole. One of the committee's concerns was