The R75 could be renamed after one of the men behind the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup triumph Rassie Erasmus if residents support the call for a change.
As the Springboks gear up for their World Cup victory parade in East London this weekend, a proposal has emerged to rename one of the Eastern Cape’s major routes after South Africa’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus.
Bhisho’s Bulembu Airport, which hogged the headlines when United Arab Emirates president Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his large entourage touched down there earlier this year, could be renamed.
Christian Martin, who was behind the renaming of Gqeberha’s airport to Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, is the new Eastern Cape Provincial Geographical Names Committee chair.