True Left

Good moves:

https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/471090/port-elizabeth-to-gqeberha-more-name-changes-will-come-minister/

Arts and Culture minister Nathi Mthetwa has announced a number of name changes in the Eastern Cape, including the city of Port Elizabeth which will now be known as Gqeberha.
...
Old name    New name    
Port Elizabeth International Airport    Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport    
Port Elizabeth    Gqeberha    
Uitenhage    Kariega    
East London Airport    King Phalo Airport    
Berlin    Ntabozuko    
MaClear Town    Nqanqarhu    
King William’s Town    Qonce

The change has been criticised by the opposition Democratic Alliance which says that it will query the costs involved for the name change.

“It is important to interrogate whether the public, especially those residents living in these towns and cities, was given adequate and reasonable time to make their voices heard on the issue. Was the process advertised in due time and were every voice considered?

Were the colonized given the opportunity to make their voices heard during the colonial-era naming? No. So **** YOU.

My issue is when they are going to rename the entire country:

The South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) provides for the transformation of South Africa’s naming landscape

Do they realize how stupid it sounds to use the colonial name "South Africa" for an organization supposedly dedicated to decolonizing names?

Related:

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-02-25-east-london-to-be-renamed-soon-and-its-likely-to-be-gompo/



https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-02-24-gqeberha-the-origins-of-the-renaming-of-port-elizabeth/

“We preceded this area for 1,000 years before anyone moved here. When we drive here we want to feel home, that we’re in Africa, and this name change would do that,” he said.

No, you are not in "Africa"! This is Africa:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_(Roman_province)

Using "Africa" to refer to a place thousands of miles away from the actual Africa and which the Romans didn't even know existed when they named the actual Africa, just because it is on the same side of the Mediterranean, is Eurocentrism. Stop it! (And stop driving too!)