 At Cape Town 's Castle of Good Hope , the flag was flown from the castle alongside the Union Jack , flag of the Netherlands and the current flag of South Africa to display the powers that ruled South Africa through history . In 1994 it was agreed that they would remain on the castle parapet as historical reference . In 2012 following complaints from the ANC member of parliament <unk> <unk> , all the flags were removed from the parapet apart from the current flag of South Africa and the removed flags were placed in the castle 's museum . 
