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Citizen reporter EFF national spokesperson Vuyani Pambo said the pace of South Africa’s transformation project had been far too slow. Image: iStock
However, the Red Berets were unhappy that government left out cultural changes like the removal of apartheid statues and “Die Stem” from the national anthem.
Mthethwa on Tuesday officially approved and gazetted new geographical name changes that include the renaming of Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha – a Xhosa word used to refer to the Baakens River that flows through the city.
The other name changes will see the town of Uitenhage renamed to Kariega and Port Elizabeth Airport will now be known as Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport.
EFF pushing for Durban name change, says city is named after a ‘racist’
The EFF s need to change the name of SA’s iconic city Durban comes shortly after Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape was renamed as Gqeberha.
While the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have welcomed the recent name changes in the Eastern Cape, it is still not enough for the red berets. The party is now pushing for a Durban name change too.
The EFF said the name changes are part of decolonisation and the bigger struggle to transform South Africa, however, it is unravelling far too slowly for their liking. It was at that point where they brought up the removal of apartheid statues and the removal of Die Stem from our national anthem. That wasn’t all though, the EFF has multiple city name changes in mind, not just Durban.