Cornelis Pama (1916 - 1994) was a Dutch bookseller, publisher, heraldist and genealogist, who spent the second half of his life in South Africa.
In 1956, Pama served on a committee of enquiry which investigated the requirements for a national heraldry authority.
From 1959 to 1963, he was consultant to the government's new Heraldry Section (headed by Dr Coenraad Beyers),[4] and in that capacity he designed official insignia for the new Republic of South Africa in 1961 : the state president's sash of office and official flag, a new mace for the House of Assembly, and a new Black Rod for the Senate.
He was a founder member of the Genealogical Society of South Africa in 1964, edited its journal Familia from 1964, and served a term as its chairman.
Pama designed coats of arms and flags for dozens of schools, corporate bodies, municipalities, and private individuals.