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The coat of arms of KwaZulu-Natal are the coat of arms used by the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. They were adopted in 2004 and contain elements of their predecessor entities of KwaZulu and Natal Province.

New arms
Following the end of apartheid and the creation of new provinces of South Africa, the majority of the new provinces adopted new coats of arms to better reflect the majority within their provinces. However, KwaZulu-Natal was the only province not to adopt one. Accordingly when they were required to use one for official purposes, they used the coats of arms of KwaZulu and the old Natal Province in alliance. In 1999, the cabinet of KwaZulu-Natal, run by the Inkatha Freedom Party and the New National Party, proposed a new unified coat of arms. The design would be...... However, the design was criticised as "colonial" by the African National Congress and voted against by all members of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature except for the IFP and NNP members.