Protea

I'd also like to thank Not for informing us that King Protea is a common name for Protea cynaroides.

A decade of planning, ripped out by the roots (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Dillen described himself as a "passive collaborator" during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, and founded a pro-apartheid lobby in the 1970s called Protea.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

"Many Africans are more familiar with a Springbok than a plant or flower called Protea," he added.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

"Who knows what to call a Protea in different languages?"

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

Have all our people that threatens to remove the Springbok ever thought what would happen if the rugby supporters unite and boicot the so called Protea rugby team

unknown title 2009

Have all our people that threatens to remove the Springbok ever thought what would happen if the rugby supporters unite and boicot the so called Protea rugby team

unknown title 2009

Have all our people that threatens to remove the Springbok ever thought what would happen if the rugby supporters unite and boicot the so called Protea rugby team

unknown title 2009

Have all our people that threatens to remove the Springbok ever thought what would happen if the rugby supporters unite and boicot the so called Protea rugby team

unknown title 2009

Have all our people that threatens to remove the Springbok ever thought what would happen if the rugby supporters unite and boicot the so called Protea rugby team

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A paradox of the debate is that several non-racial sports bodies used the Springbok head as their emblem during the apartheid era, while the Protea was the symbol of a discredited coloured (mixed-race) national rugby team used by white sports authorities in an attempt to break the international sports boycott.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2008