South AFRICA'S first gay flag has been officially registered. The Department of Arts and Culture approved the registration of the flag last week.Mava Mothiba, representing the department's bureau of heraldry, said yesterday there had been no objections to the flag - a combination of the international gay flag and the South African national flag."It has been registered under the Heraldry Act and is protected by the act," he said.Gay Flag of SA, a non-profit organisation, submitted the flag for approval as a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-gender and intersex people.