UThembinkosi 'Themba' Mabaso, iState Herald, noma iNational Herald, yaseNingizimu Afrika, ungumqondisi weBureau of Heraldry yalelo zwe. Ngokubambisana noMkhandlu weHeraldry, ihhovisi lakhe liyingxenye yeNational Archives of South Africa, ngaphansi koMnyango Wezobuciko Namasiko. Ngaphambi kokuba ngummemezeli, isipiliyoni sobungcweti sikaMabaso besisezikhungweni zobuciko nasekugcinweni kwezobuciko okuhle.Ngo-1999 nango-2000, wayehlotshaniswa neGoli Art Gallery eGoli futhi engusihlalo weConseil International des Musées (International Council of Museums). Ngo-2002 uMabaso wangena esikhundleni sikaFrederick Brownell njengoState Herald waseNingizimu Afrika.Imisebenzi yakhe kubandakanya ukubhalisa amajazi ezikhali, amabheji ezimpawu , amafulegi nezimpawu. Ubuye futhi aluleke uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika, izinkampani nabantu ngabanye ngezindaba zekhambi, umfaniswano kanye ne- vexillology . UMabaso ubamba iqhaza emicimbini kahulumeni ebalulekile njengokugcotshwa kukaMongameli omusha waseNingizimu Afrika futhi umele iNingizimu Afrika emicimbini yomlando emhlabeni jikelele, njenge-XXVIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences eSt Andrews, eScotland, ngo-2006. Kulomcimbi, bobabili uMabaso nephini lakhe uMarcel van Rossum, bebegqoke amathebula abonisa umklamo osuselwe ezingubeni ezintsha zaseNingizimu Afrika ezamukelwa ngo-2000 futhi ezincike kubuciko bamaKhoisan .