::After going over SA copyright law it seems that the South African Coat of Arms does indeed belong in the public domain  as :according to the Copyright Act § 12 (8) (a): "No copyright shall :subsist in official texts of a legislative, administrative or legal nature, or in official translations of such texts."  
 ::The file  is from such a source which you can find :here.I therefore recommend that all images that are derived from South :African governmental works have their copyright status amended to the public domain so that they may be used on templates and :anywhere else where they may have formerly been restricted. 

 ::Kind Regards