File:Coat of arms of the Western Cape.svg

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Coat of arms of the Western Cape
Author or copyright owner	Western Cape Government
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	http://www.westerncape.gov.za/Text/2003/wc_pawc_ar_2003.pdf
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Coat of arms of South Africa
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification in the article dedicated to the entity in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the logo would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This logo will be used in the relevant page, describing the coat of arms.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of an organisation's logo in the article about that organisation will not impact the commercial viability of the logo.
Other information	Copyright held by the Western Cape Government; published in the Western Cape Provincial Coat of Arms Act, 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998).
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Coat of arms of South Africa//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_Western_Cape.svgtrue

Non-free media rationale for Coat of arms of the Western Cape
Article	Coat of arms of the Western Cape
Purpose of use	Used for the purposes of illustration in an educational article about the coat of arms itself.
Replaceable?	This is the official rendering of the coat of arms used by the Western Cape government. A new rendering from the official blazon would not accurately represent the coat of arms as it is used and discussed in the article.

Non-free media rationale for Western Cape
Article	Western Cape
Purpose of use	Used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the province represented by the coat of arms. The coat of arms is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of this article topic.
Replaceable?	This is the official rendering of the coat of arms used by the Western Cape government. A new rendering from the official blazon would not accurately represent the coat of arms as used to represent the province.

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Fair use

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This tag does not indicate the copyright status or the source of the attached work. A normal copyright tag, a source (and a detailed non-free use rationale, if necessary) are still required. See Wikipedia:Copyrights and Wikipedia:Uploading images for more information.

This is a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image of a registered trademark or copyrighted logo. If non-free content restrictions apply, this image should not be rendered any larger than is required for the purposes of identification and/or critical commentary. See Wikipedia:Logos.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:03, 8 January 2022		337 × 297 (140 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Upscale SVG and cleanup SVG code (BOT - disable)
	17:16, 6 April 2018	No thumbnail	50 × 44 (142 KB)	JoKalliauer (talk \| contribs)	workaround for c:Librsvg_bugs
	17:13, 6 April 2018	No thumbnail	50 × 44 (142 KB)	JoKalliauer (talk \| contribs)	cleaned up with https://github.com/JoKalliauer/cleanupSVG (inkscape, scour, svgcleaner, svgo)
	17:25, 10 December 2017	No thumbnail	500 × 442 (248 KB)	Vectorebus (talk \| contribs)	Coat of arms in SVG format extracted from an original PDF.

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