CONTROVERSY is raging in the Eastern Cape over proposed name changes after the demarcation of new muncipal boundaries. Grahamstown is presently in the limelight. The Gahamstown Festival could be called the “Makana City Festival of the Arts” if the ANC has its way with the proposed new name for municipal boundary EC104, which includes the City of Saints. “Makana City” is derived from a famous Xhosa warrior who used to fight British settlers, Makana Nxele. The ANC denies that the name change would have negative economic consequences. Another name proposal for Grahamstown is Emfundweni, meaning “place of learning”.