There have been plenty of complaints about Port Elizabeth’s name change to Gqeberha, but citizens should be more active in speaking up during consultation processes
After becoming the ‘whites-only’ neighbourhood of Zonnebloem, another symbol of those forcefully removed from there is being reclaimed
Ever since its small neighbour proclaimed independence in 1991, Greece has maintained that the name Macedonia can only apply to its northern province
The pace of renaming places to rid them of their colonial and apartheid past is too slow
The ruling party says it will "act decisively" to ensure the Pretoria/Tshwane name debacle is put to rest in the new year, according to a report.
Just weeks before new street names for Pretoria were approved, the Tshwane metro council changed policy requiring consultation with residents.
Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa says Afrikaners are not the "object of contempt" regarding proposed city street names changes in Pretoria.
Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa says Pretoria will be renamed Tshwane before the end of 2012 — regardless of the cost or opposition to the move.
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/ 28 January 2011
Nile Republic, Kush Republic, Juwama and Azania — these were some of the tantalising names that were being touted for South Sudan.
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/ 5 February 2010
The government has complied with AfriForum’s demand that Pretoria retain its present name, the organisation said on Friday.
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/ 2 February 2010
Attempts by the government to change the name of Pretoria will result in "mass protests" during the 2010 World Cup, the FF+ said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 November 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe has proposed a new approach to place name changes.
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/ 20 October 2008
One of Pretoria’s main streets should be renamed after former Cuban president Fidel Castro, the SACP said at a street-name hearing on Monday.
Opposition parties have taken the battle over Durban’s controversial street-renaming process to the courts, the Mercury reported on Thursday.